"Ability is what you're capable of doing...." - Quote by Lou Holtz
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
More by Lou Holtz
“We are not going to win because you have a new head coach, any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver. We will win the minute all of us get rid of excuses as to why we can't win and stop wallowing in self-pity.”
“Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed. We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.”
“I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.”
More on Motivation
“Take egotism out and you would castrate the benefactors.”
“But you can wake a man only if he is really asleep. No effort that you make will produce any effect upon him if he is merely pretending sleep.”
“Competition whose motive is merely to compete, to drive some other fellow out, never carries very far.”
More on Attitude
“You can't be a smart cookie if you have a crummy attitude.”
“A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be.”
“If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn't mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else's bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?”