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The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
Lou Holtz
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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.
Lou Holtz
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Those who know Notre Dame, no explanation’s necessary. Those who don’t, no explanation will suffice.
Lou Holtz
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In adversity, there is opportunity. Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity. Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
Lou Holtz
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It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game
Lou Holtz
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Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals.
Lou Holtz
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There are certain things in this world we all have in common such as time. Everybody has sixty seconds to a minute, sixty minutes to an hour, twenty-four hours to a day. The difference is what we do with that time and how we use it.
Lou Holtz
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We are not going to win because you have a new head coach, any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver. We will win the minute all of us get rid of excuses as to why we can't win and stop wallowing in self-pity.
Lou Holtz
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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
Lou Holtz
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People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?
Lou Holtz
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If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?
Lou Holtz
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Attitude determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. Why was something successful? What makes it work? I just try to use my expertise and whatever insight I have to the game.
Lou Holtz
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I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression.
Lou Holtz
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Never settle for second when first is available
Lou Holtz
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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Lou Holtz
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Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end.
Lou Holtz
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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.
Lou Holtz
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If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.
Lou Holtz
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
Lou Holtz
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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
Lou Holtz
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No, but you can see it from here.
Lou Holtz
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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
Lou Holtz
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All you need is something to say, and a burning desire to say it... it doesn't matter where your hands are.
Lou Holtz
