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.’
LOU HOLTZI am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there’s no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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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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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It’s good for them.
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I’m no genius.
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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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But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.
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I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it’s not always in the way you expect.
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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
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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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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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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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To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.
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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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