When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.
LOU HOLTZNothing on this earth is standing still. It’s either growing or it’s dying. No matter if it’s a tree or a human being.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that’s all you would read about in the papers all over the country.
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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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At 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.
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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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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges.
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We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin – and it’s gonna happen – confession puts us back on the field.
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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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To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.
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An agent won’t help you get drafted higher, won’t make you win more games, and won’t make you faster or stronger.
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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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Had I been a great athlete, I’m not sure I would have even gone into coaching.
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My wife doesn’t even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on.
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The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely.
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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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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 I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
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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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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
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