Had I been a great athlete, I’m not sure I would have even gone into coaching.
LOU HOLTZWhen I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.
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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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I could have watched more film, that’s for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn’t play golf.
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I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression.
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When I didn’t collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.
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Don’t run if you can walk. Don’t walk if you can stand. Don’t stand if you can sit. Don’t sit if you can lie down.
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I think that we have opportunities all around us – sometimes we just don’t recognize them.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day.
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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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If he’s got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don’t hire him.
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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you’re ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can’t fire you.
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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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