Lou Holtz Quotes

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

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

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

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

I can't explain why a bride buys her wedding dress, whereas a groom rents his tux.

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

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

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

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

Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end.

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

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

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

See, winners embrace hard work.

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

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.

My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.

Nothing on this earth is standing still. It's either growing or it's dying. No matter if it's a tree or a human being.

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

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

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

You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

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

Your neighbors will make judgments about you based on how your lawn and house look, and people who see you passing will judge you based on how clean you keep your car. It's not always fair, but it has always been true. Appearances matter, so make yours a good one.

No, but you can see it from here.

In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. 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.

It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.

You build a successful life a day at a time.

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

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You’ve got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can’t really achieve anything great without the help of others.

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

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

Underconfidence breeds underachievement.

One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game tomorrow and lose a team. You can lose a game tomorrow and win a football team.

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.

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.

After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

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

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

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

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

Coaching is about helping young people have a chanceto succeed. There is no more awesome responsibilitythan that. One of the greatest honors a person can haveis being called 'Coach.'

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

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

Football coaches don't have real problems.

On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

Only the unprepared are overcome by pressure

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

We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.

Momentum is whatever your attitude determines it to be.

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.

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