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" I'm no genius. "
Lou Holtz
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" We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: 'Boy, you are skinny, aren't you?' I said: 'Honey, I'd like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.' "
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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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" Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes. "
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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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" Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. "
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" I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting. "
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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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" I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them. "
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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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" Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude. "
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" If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals. "
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" One thing about me is I try to be honest. "
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