American - Coach | January 6, 1937 -
I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!
Lou Holtz
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I'm proud to be part of the Dr. Pepper Scholarship Giveaway. It's a great program that gives me the chance to brighten the day for some lucky college students with free tuition.
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If you made me the national commissioner of football, I'd tell you one thing that I would mandate. The second Saturday in September, we're going to have conference day. Everybody from the SEC plays a Big 12 team. Everybody from the Big Ten is going to play the ACC. Everybody from the Big East is going to play the Pac-10.
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You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
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See, winners embrace hard work.
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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
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You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
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I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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