I could have watched more film, that’s for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn’t play golf.
LOU HOLTZI feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn’t have put the desire in me.
More Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.
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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.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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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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I give opinions, not advice.
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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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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 was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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God knows what’s best for us, though, so there’s no need to worry when things don’t go how we originally wanted them to go.
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On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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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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