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" Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down. "
Lou Holtz
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" If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him. "
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" In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be. "
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" Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by. "
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" Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California. "
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" My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. "
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" At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week. "
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" All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them. "
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" Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. "
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" When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least. "
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" God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way. "
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" I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you. "
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You
" If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today. "
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Today
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" How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser. "
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" 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! "
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I Can
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" When all is said and done, more is said than done. "
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" At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage. "
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" In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be. "
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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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" The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely. I am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there's no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage. "
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Am
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" No one has ever drowned in sweat. "
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Sweat
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" Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field. "
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" I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. "
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" We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime. "
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" ESPN is a great organization to work for. "
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" Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. "
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" I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for. "
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" God looks after children, animals and idiots. "
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" I just have an enthusiasm for life. "
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" The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn't allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability. "
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