I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country was Catholic, because that’s all I ever was associated with.
LOU HOLTZWe have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.
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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.
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My wife doesn’t even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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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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We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends.
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No one has ever drowned in sweat.
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We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on.
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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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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
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To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.
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Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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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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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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Nothing on this earth is standing still. It’s either growing or it’s dying. No matter if it’s a tree or a human being.
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I’m no genius.
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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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I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
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Golf really is the best microcosm of life – or at least the way life should be.
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My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.
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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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See, winners embrace hard work.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It’s good for them.
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