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 HOLTZBut when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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I believe – we all pay taxes. I’m happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That’s going to bother you.
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
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The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously.
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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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I 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.
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See, winners embrace hard work.
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If 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.
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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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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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I’m so old, I don’t buy green bananas any more.
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I don’t exercise.
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Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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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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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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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win.
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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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All my life, I’ve been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I’ve come is a bogey.
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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
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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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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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When I die, and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be.
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The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.
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I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.
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