I don’t drink water, haven’t drank water in 40 years.
LOU HOLTZMy first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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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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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.
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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
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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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I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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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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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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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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You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
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Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.
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If you made me the national commissioner of football, I’d tell you one thing that I would mandate.
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The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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I won’t accept anything less than the best a player’s capable of doing… and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!
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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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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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I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
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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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But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
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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’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.
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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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My wife doesn’t even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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