If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.
LOU HOLTZHow 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.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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 used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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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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If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
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I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
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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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On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn’t have put the desire in me.
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In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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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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You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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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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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
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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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I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.
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You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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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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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word.
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I think that we have opportunities all around us – sometimes we just don’t recognize them.
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Nothing on this earth is standing still. It’s either growing or it’s dying. No matter if it’s a tree or a human being.
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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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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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Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.
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