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.
LOU HOLTZAt age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges.
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I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course.
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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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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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In football, it’s the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate.
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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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I’m an old man, and all my life I’ve said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it’s a national school.
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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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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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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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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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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn’t make your house look any better.
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