We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.
LOU HOLTZIf 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.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression.
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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course.
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word.
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In football, it’s the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate.
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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 people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
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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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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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I’ll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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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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I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn’t have put the desire in me.
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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges.
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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’m no genius.
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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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The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely.
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I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they’d be, what position they’d play and so on.
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No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.
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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 used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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