Lou Holtz Quotes
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The greatest power God gave us is the power to choose. We have the opportunity to choose whether we're going to act or procrastinate, believe or doubt, pray or curse, help or heal. We also choose whether we're going to be happy or whether we're going to be sad.
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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.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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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.
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Only the unprepared are overcome by pressure
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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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No one has ever drowned in sweat.
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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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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'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.
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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.
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No, but you can see it from here.
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How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
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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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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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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.
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In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.
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A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.
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Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn.
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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
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Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.
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I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
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Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.
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I asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what wins game like this.
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