I’m no genius.
LOU HOLTZIn the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges.
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We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.
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You don’t go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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Football coaches don’t have real problems.
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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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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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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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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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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
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Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.
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I think that we have opportunities all around us – sometimes we just don’t recognize them.
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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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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
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Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.
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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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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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But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
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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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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It’s good for them.
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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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In football, it’s the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate.
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No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.
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All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.
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