I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn’t even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
LOU HOLTZMy 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.’
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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Football coaches don’t have real problems.
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In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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I’m so old, I don’t buy green bananas any more.
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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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In football, it’s the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate.
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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It’s good for them.
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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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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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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
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I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.
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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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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn’t much, so to get $300 more per year.
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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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