Quotes By Lou Holtz

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

See, winners embrace hard work.

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

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

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

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

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

All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.

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

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

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

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

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

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 don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.

I just have an enthusiasm for life.

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

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

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.

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

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

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.

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

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

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.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.

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

I don't exercise.

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