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.
LOU HOLTZIf Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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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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I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
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I don’t exercise.
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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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We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on.
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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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The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely.
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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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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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When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.
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If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
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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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At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day.
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We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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I could have watched more film, that’s for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn’t play golf.
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God knows what’s best for us, though, so there’s no need to worry when things don’t go how we originally wanted them to go.
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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word.
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God answers prayers, but he doesn’t always answer it your way.
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If he’s got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don’t hire him.
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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