Lou Holtz Quotes, Lying Quotes, Coaching Quotes

It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.

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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger. They all say they can, but the people who do the drafting don't talk to agents. They talk to coaches, they watch film, they talk to the people who've worked with players. They don't talk to agents.

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Do what's right! Do the best you can and treat others the way you want to be treated because they will ask three questions: (1) Can I trust you? (2) Are you committed? (3) Do you care about me as a person?

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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

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Broadcasting is easy; you just talk until you think of something to say.

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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. Why was something successful? What makes it work? I just try to use my expertise and whatever insight I have to the game.

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I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.

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The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.

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It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.

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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.

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All I've seen agents do is talk players into having bad senior seasons because they're trying to keep themselves from getting injured.

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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.

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As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.

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All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.

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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.

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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.

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How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?

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So many times people are afraid of competition, when it should bring out the best in us. We all have talents and abilities, so why be intimidated by other people's skills?

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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.

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