Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
LOU HOLTZIf 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.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
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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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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
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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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On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.
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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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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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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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I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course.
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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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Had I been a great athlete, I’m not sure I would have even gone into coaching.
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To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.
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I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.
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When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
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In football, it’s the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate.
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I’m no genius.
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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word.
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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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An agent won’t help you get drafted higher, won’t make you win more games, and won’t make you faster or stronger.
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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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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of ‘Sports Illustrated.’ I’m on the cover with the blurb, ‘Can Lou Do It?’ I’d just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week’s coverage.
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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.
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