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 HOLTZShow me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn’t have put the desire in me.
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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I’m proud to be part of the Dr. Pepper Scholarship Giveaway. It’s a great program that gives me the chance to brighten the day for some lucky college students with free tuition.
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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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On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn’t much, so to get $300 more per year.
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Everybody from the Big Ten is going to play the ACC. Everybody from the Big East is going to play the Pac-10.
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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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Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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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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Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.
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How do you know what it’s like to be stupid if you’ve never been smart?
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You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
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