Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
LOU HOLTZTo win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
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We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.
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The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely.
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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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Everybody from the Big Ten is going to play the ACC. Everybody from the Big East is going to play the Pac-10.
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I’m no genius.
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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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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word.
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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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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It’s good for them.
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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 die, and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be.
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We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.
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We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.
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See, winners embrace hard work.
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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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I give opinions, not advice.
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I’m so old, I don’t buy green bananas any more.
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I don’t exercise.
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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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Had I been a great athlete, I’m not sure I would have even gone into coaching.
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