Lou Holtz Biography

Lou Holtz
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Lou Holtz Famous Quotes


A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
 ~ 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

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

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

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

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.
 ~ Lou Holtz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
 ~ Lou Holtz

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
 ~ Lou Holtz

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
 ~ Lou Holtz

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
 ~ Lou Holtz

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

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

No one has ever drowned in sweat.
 ~ Lou Holtz

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

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
 ~ Lou Holtz

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

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.
 ~ Lou Holtz

When all is said and done, more is said than done.
 ~ Lou Holtz

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