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.
LOU HOLTZYou’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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Golf really is the best microcosm of life – or at least the way life should be.
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For victory in life, we’ve got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
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The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely.
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Had I been a great athlete, I’m not sure I would have even gone into coaching.
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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges.
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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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But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
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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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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
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When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.
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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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How do you know what it’s like to be stupid if you’ve never been smart?
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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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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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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 have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some other coach in the future.
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
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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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Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed.
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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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My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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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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If you made me the national commissioner of football, I’d tell you one thing that I would mandate.
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See, winners embrace hard work.
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We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends.
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