We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on.
LOU HOLTZHad I been a great athlete, I’m not sure I would have even gone into coaching.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.
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An agent won’t help you get drafted higher, won’t make you win more games, and won’t make you faster or stronger.
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I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.
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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 look like I have beriberi and scurvy.
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I am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there’s no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage.
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Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
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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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My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously.
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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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No one has ever drowned in sweat.
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In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin – and it’s gonna happen – confession puts us back on the field.
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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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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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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
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How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
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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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We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.
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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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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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How do you know what it’s like to be stupid if you’ve never been smart?
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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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