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.
LOU HOLTZAt home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of ‘Sports Illustrated.’ I’m on the cover with the blurb, ‘Can Lou Do It?’ I’d just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week’s coverage.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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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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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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I’m no genius.
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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I don’t exercise.
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If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.
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God knows what’s best for us, though, so there’s no need to worry when things don’t go how we originally wanted them to go.
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I don’t drink water, haven’t drank water in 40 years.
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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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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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For victory in life, we’ve got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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Golf really is the best microcosm of life – or at least the way life should be.
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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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Football coaches don’t have real problems.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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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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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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My 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.’
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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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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
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The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely.
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn’t make your house look any better.
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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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