A lifetime contract for a coach means if you’re ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can’t fire you.
LOU HOLTZMy 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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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.
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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.
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If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
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My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
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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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Had I been a great athlete, I’m not sure I would have even gone into coaching.
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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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God answers prayers, but he doesn’t always answer it your way.
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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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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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I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
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Football coaches don’t have real problems.
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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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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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