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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones. — Lou Holtz

I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting. — Lou Holtz

I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them. — Lou Holtz

If you continually ask yourself, "What's important now?", you won't waste time on the trivial. — Lou Holtz

Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals. — Lou Holtz

I've never seen the yellow light, umm the yellow line be wrong. — Lou Holtz

Never settle for second when first is available — Lou Holtz

It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game — Lou Holtz

Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do. — Lou Holtz

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be. — Lou Holtz

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated. — Lou Holtz

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least. — Lou Holtz

Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard. — Lou Holtz

You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel. — Lou Holtz

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you. — Lou Holtz

The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite. — Lou Holtz

The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got. — Lou Holtz

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. — Lou Holtz

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. — Lou Holtz

Everyone wants to win on Saturday afternoon when the game is played. It's what you do the other six days that decides the outcome — Lou Holtz

It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie. — Lou Holtz

If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association? — Lou Holtz

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think — Lou Holtz

God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way. — Lou Holtz

Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law. — Lou Holtz

We will use some kind of option and we will throw the football. I hope it will be at our people. — Lou Holtz

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better. — Lou Holtz

I give opinions, not advice. — Lou Holtz

I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them. — Lou Holtz

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude. — Lou Holtz

If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate. — Lou Holtz

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. — Lou Holtz

What's important now? - To evaluate the past, focus on the future, and tell you what you have to do in the present — Lou Holtz

I look like I have beriberi and scurvy. — Lou Holtz

I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity. — Lou Holtz

I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years. — Lou Holtz

I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me. — Lou Holtz

The price of LEADERSHIP is RESPONSIBILITY ... and part of that responsibility is to STAY POSITIVE whether you feel like it or not. — Lou Holtz

I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make. — Lou Holtz

I believe your attitude is the most important choice you can make. — Lou Holtz

First we become the best, then we'll become first. — Lou Holtz

Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country. — Lou Holtz

All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey. — Lou Holtz

ESPN is a great organization to work for. — Lou Holtz

In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow. — Lou Holtz

God looks after children, animals and idiots. — Lou Holtz

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. — Lou Holtz

So what if someone wrote your obituary ... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die. — Lou Holtz

You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them. — Lou Holtz

Those who know Notre Dame, no explanation's necessary. Those who don't, no explanation will suffice. — Lou Holtz

Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete. — Lou Holtz

My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me. — Lou Holtz

I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas any more. — Lou Holtz

A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you. — Lou Holtz

Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end. — Lou Holtz

When I die, and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be. — Lou Holtz

I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for. — Lou Holtz

When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin. — Lou Holtz

The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life. — Lou Holtz

Only the unprepared are overcome by pressure — Lou Holtz

We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera. — Lou Holtz

A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing. — Lou Holtz

How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart? — Lou Holtz

Actually, all I ever wanted to be was the best in my field. — Lou Holtz

One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes. — Lou Holtz

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing ... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team! — Lou Holtz

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. — Lou Holtz

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose. — Lou Holtz

Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for. — Lou Holtz

We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be. — Lou Holtz

To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky. — Lou Holtz

I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known. — Lou Holtz

You build a successful life a day at a time. — Lou Holtz

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for. — Lou Holtz

Happiness is nothing more than having a poor memory. — Lou Holtz

If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him. — Lou Holtz

One thing about me is I try to be honest. — Lou Holtz

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by. — Lou Holtz

When all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
[as quoted by Alfred E Neuman] — Lou Holtz

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions. — Lou Holtz

I don't think we can win every game. Just the next one. — Lou Holtz

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. — Lou Holtz

Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn. — Lou Holtz

Never tell your problems to any1 ... 20% donot care and 80% are glad to have them ... — Lou Holtz

All you need is something to say, and a burning desire to say it ... it doesn't matter where your hands are. — Lou Holtz

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on. — Lou Holtz

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. — Lou Holtz

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated. — Lou Holtz

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. — Lou Holtz

No one has ever drowned in sweat. — Lou Holtz

No, but you can see it from here. — Lou Holtz

I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics. — Lou Holtz

Football coaches don't have real problems. — Lou Holtz

The only people who aren't going to be criticized are those who do absolutely nothing — Lou Holtz

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him. — Lou Holtz

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life. — Lou Holtz

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today. — Lou Holtz

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

I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs. — Lou Holtz

Don't let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times. — Lou Holtz