I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
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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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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I don’t drink water, haven’t drank water in 40 years.
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When I die, and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be.
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The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely.
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Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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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.
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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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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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Golf really is the best microcosm of life – or at least the way life should be.
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I’m proud to be part of the Dr. Pepper Scholarship Giveaway. It’s a great program that gives me the chance to brighten the day for some lucky college students with free tuition.
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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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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.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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See, winners embrace hard work.
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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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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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Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It’s the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.
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No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.
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You don’t go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges.
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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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We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.
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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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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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