I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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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You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
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God answers prayers, but he doesn’t always answer it your way.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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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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If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.
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I don’t exercise.
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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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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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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Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.
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When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.
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We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on.
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No one has ever drowned in sweat.
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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.
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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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