I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country was Catholic, because that’s all I ever was associated with.
LOU HOLTZIf you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
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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.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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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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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges.
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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
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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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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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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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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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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.
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I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it’s not always in the way you expect.
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I’ll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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I’m so old, I don’t buy green bananas any more.
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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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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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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win.
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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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I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
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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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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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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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Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word.
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To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.
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