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.
LOU HOLTZI do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It’s good for them.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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No one has ever drowned in sweat.
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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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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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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
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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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God knows what’s best for us, though, so there’s no need to worry when things don’t go how we originally wanted them to go.
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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word.
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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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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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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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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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We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on.
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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s 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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I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
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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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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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You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
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I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.
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We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin – and it’s gonna happen – confession puts us back on the field.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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