After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
LOU HOLTZYou’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
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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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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
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In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely.
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You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
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If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.
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I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
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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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But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
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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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Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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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.
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How do you know what it’s like to be stupid if you’ve never been smart?
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God answers prayers, but he doesn’t always answer it your way.
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We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends.
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You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It’s the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.
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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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Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed.
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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you’re ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can’t fire you.
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Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.
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