Had I been a great athlete, I’m not sure I would have even gone into coaching.
LOU HOLTZMy 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.’
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.
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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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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
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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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I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
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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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When I die, and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be.
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I won’t accept anything less than the best a player’s capable of doing… and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!
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You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
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On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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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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