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.
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.
LOU HOLTZGod looks after children, animals and idiots.
LOU HOLTZI can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
LOU HOLTZWhen I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.
LOU HOLTZEverybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.
LOU HOLTZI don’t think there’s been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.
LOU HOLTZI 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.
LOU HOLTZVirtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
LOU HOLTZI used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
LOU HOLTZGolf really is the best microcosm of life – or at least the way life should be.
LOU HOLTZWe were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on.
LOU HOLTZI’ve followed Notre Dame football since 1946, when I listened on the radio and Johnny Lujack tackled Doc Blanchard in the open field to preserve a 0-0 tie.
LOU HOLTZAs 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.
LOU HOLTZThis 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.
LOU HOLTZI am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there’s no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage.
LOU HOLTZWe had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.
LOU HOLTZ