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.
LOU HOLTZI’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.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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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 also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest.
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My wife doesn’t even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.
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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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The second Saturday in September, we’re going to have conference day. Everybody from the SEC plays a Big 12 team.
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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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The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.
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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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Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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I believe – we all pay taxes. I’m happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That’s going to bother you.
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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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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
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I don’t exercise.
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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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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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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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I’ll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word.
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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.
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My 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.’
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