I’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 HOLTZMy philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.
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In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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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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Nothing 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.
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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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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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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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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
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I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
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I have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some other coach in the future.
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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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If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.
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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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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 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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I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.
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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
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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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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
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Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.
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If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
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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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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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See, winners embrace hard work.
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Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.
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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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