Lou Holtz Quotes
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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger. They all say they can, but the people who do the drafting don't talk to agents. They talk to coaches, they watch film, they talk to the people who've worked with players. They don't talk to agents.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.
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I've never seen the yellow light, umm the yellow line be wrong.
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You always have to prepare for the obstacles that are going to come. Consequently, when they do come, it doesn't affect you mentally near as much as when you're unprepared for them.
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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.
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No, but you can see it from here.
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All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.
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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can - but you cannot do your own thing if you have responsibilities to team members.
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Don't let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times.
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My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.
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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.
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I have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some other coach in the future.
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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.
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You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something, you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
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You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.
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You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.