Lou Holtz Quotes

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

~ 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

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

~ Lou Holtz

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

~ Lou Holtz

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

~ Lou Holtz

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

~ Lou Holtz

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

~ Lou Holtz

I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.

~ 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

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.

~ Lou Holtz

At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage.

~ 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

See, winners embrace hard work.

~ Lou Holtz

Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.

~ Lou Holtz

At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.

~ 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

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

~ Lou Holtz

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

~ Lou Holtz

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

~ Lou Holtz

In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

~ Lou Holtz

I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.

~ Lou Holtz

I'm proud to be part of the Dr. Pepper Scholarship Giveaway. It's a great program that gives me the chance to brighten the day for some lucky college students with free tuition.

~ Lou Holtz

The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.

~ Lou Holtz

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

~ Lou Holtz

My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.

~ Lou Holtz

When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.

~ Lou Holtz

We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.

~ Lou Holtz

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

~ Lou Holtz

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

~ Lou Holtz