Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something, you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
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I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.
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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
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Don't let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times.
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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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So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
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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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I believe your attitude is the most important choice you can make.
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No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
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The next flag they plant will be all white, and it'll be surrender.
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I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.
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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.
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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
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All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.
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Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.
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You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
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Football coaches don't have real problems.
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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.
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Coaching is about helping young people have a chance to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility than that. One of the greatest honors a person can have is being called 'Coach.'
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I can't explain why a bride buys her wedding dress, whereas a groom rents his tux.