Lou Holtz Quotes

On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

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.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.

I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn’t even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

I am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there’s no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage.

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn’t make your house look any better.

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.