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“I try to give to most legitimate requests, but the amount of my contribution and my personal time varies greatly.”

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LaVell Edwards was an American football coach born on October 11, 1930, and passed away on December 29, 2016. He is renowned in the football world for his unique tactics and leadership style. more

“Along with church monies and the United Way, most of the others that I give the most to are organizations for which I have some personal connection in that they have affected family members; i.e., kidney, cancer, heart, and organ donation. My wife and I have also contributed to and been heavily involved with the Boys and Girls Club of Utah County.”

“The Wyoming game in 1974, my third year as head coach. My first year, we were 7-4; the second year, we went 5-6; the third year started out 0-3-1. Some of the players got together and had a team meeting to get a few things straightened out. Starting with the Wyoming game, we won 6 straight games and won our first conference championship, the second in BYU's history. We went to the Fiesta Bowl, the first of many bowl games for the Cougars.”

Years Firsts Together Games Player Team Thirds Meetings Starting Coaches Bowls Championship Conferences Wyoming Head Coaches Cougars Byu Fiesta

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“Once I made the commitment to fully live my religion, it was never a problem.”

Made Problem Commitment

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“The difficulty in living our religion is when we haven't totally made the commitment necessary.”

Made Havens Commitment Difficulty

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“If we have to go through a mental exercise, yes or no, every time we are faced with a tough decision, we will continue to have trouble with living what we supposedly believe.”

Ifs Believe Decision Trouble Exercise Tough Tough Decisions Yes Or No

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“Being a member of the Church has never placed any roadblocks in my personal and professional life.”

Church Members Professional Life Roadblock Personal And Professional Life

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“Not playing on Sunday has caused problems for other organizations or teams who wanted us to do so, but we never had to think twice about such a decision.”

Thinking Problem Wanted Decision Team Organization Sunday Think Twice

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“I hope I've been a good example to the youth of the church.”

Church Example Youth Good Examples

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“I know the team, as a whole, has had an impact on the youth of the church, and on the missionary efforts throughout the world.”

Knows World Whole Church Effort Team Youth Impact Missionary

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“I can't think of anything I would do differently in my life. It would be nice to undo some of my mistakes I made over the years, but then I wouldn't have grown professionally or personally.”

Thinking Years Made I Can Would Be Mistake Nice Being Nice My Mistakes

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