Lou Holtz Quotes

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Lou Holtz

Profession : Coach

Birth : January 6, 1937

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.

Lou Holtz

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. 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.

Lou Holtz

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

Lou Holtz

If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.

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One thing about me is I try to be honest.

Lou Holtz

My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.

Lou Holtz

An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.

Lou Holtz

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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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

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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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I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.

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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.

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I give opinions, not advice.

Lou Holtz

The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn't allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.

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I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

Lou Holtz

If you made me the national commissioner of football, I'd tell you one thing that I would mandate. The second Saturday in September, we're going to have conference day. Everybody from the SEC plays a Big 12 team. Everybody from the Big Ten is going to play the ACC. Everybody from the Big East is going to play the Pac-10.

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

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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

Lou Holtz

How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?

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The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.

Lou Holtz