Lou Holtz Quotes
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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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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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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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My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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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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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 were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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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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If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.
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I've never seen the yellow light, umm the yellow line be wrong.
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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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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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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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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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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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We are always faced with different challenges, and circumstances necessitate bringing out the greatness God puts in all of us.
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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.
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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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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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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.