Lou Holtz Quotes - Page 4

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.

You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something, you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

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

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

What's important now? - To evaluate the past, focus on the future, and tell you what you have to do in the present

For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.

You can't motivate a group of people or a Team. You have to motivate people individually, and that motivation has to be in an environment in which that person has a goal - something they want to accomplish in their lives.

In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.

If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.

Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.

At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. 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. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.

I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.

Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a purpose in your life, you're gonna die.

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

Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.

I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.

We will use some kind of option and we will throw the football. I hope it will be at our people.