Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
LOU HOLTZIf you made me the national commissioner of football, I’d tell you one thing that I would mandate.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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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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We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.
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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 also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest.
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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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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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
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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’m no genius.
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As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that’s all you would read about in the papers all over the country.
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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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