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Quotes by Lou Holtz


Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
– Lou Holtz
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
Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.
– Lou Holtz
If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
– 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
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
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
There's nothing is this world more instinctively abhorrent to me than finding myself in agreement with my fellow-humans.
– Lou Holtz
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
– Lou Holtz
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
– Lou Holtz
When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
– 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
See, winners embrace hard work.
– Lou Holtz
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
– Lou Holtz
I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
– Lou Holtz
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.
– Lou Holtz
I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
– Lou Holtz
Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
– Lou Holtz