Quotes By Lou Holtz

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

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

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

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

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

See, winners embrace hard work.

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

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.

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

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

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

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

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.

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.

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

I just have an enthusiasm for life.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.