My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
LOU HOLTZIt is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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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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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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I’ll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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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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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
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Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It’s the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.
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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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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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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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When I didn’t collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.
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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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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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I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
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You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
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