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.
LOU HOLTZIf you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
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The second Saturday in September, we’re going to have conference day. Everybody from the SEC plays a Big 12 team.
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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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I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.
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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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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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I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they’d be, what position they’d play and so on.
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In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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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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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 follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
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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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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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