You don’t go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
LOU HOLTZNotre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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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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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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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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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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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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I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn’t have put the desire in me.
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Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.
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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you’re ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can’t fire you.
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God answers prayers, but he doesn’t always answer it your way.
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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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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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