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.
LOU HOLTZYou’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
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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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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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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
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As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that’s all you would read about in the papers all over the country.
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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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I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest.
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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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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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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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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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Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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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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