Lou Holtz Quotes
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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.
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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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Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.
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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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If you make a fist and hold it for two hours, you won't be able to pick up a glass because you'll be so weak. Let's stay loose. Let's have fun.
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I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.
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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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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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A player has no use for an agent. None.
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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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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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Do what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest; remain free from drugs; and if you have any questions, get out your Bible. 2. Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable of doing better. 3. Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice love and understanding.
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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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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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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them. Lou Holtz
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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.
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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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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
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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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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.