I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
LOU HOLTZAfter winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
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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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If he’s got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don’t hire him.
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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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See, winners embrace hard work.
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The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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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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My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.
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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn’t allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.
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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 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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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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