Broadcasting is easy; you just talk until you think of something to say. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
We will use some kind of option and we will throw the football. I hope it will be at our people. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
I have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
If you made me the national commissioner of football, I'd tell you one thing that I would mandate. The second Saturday in… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
If you make a fist and hold it for two hours, you won't be able to pick up a glass because you'll… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to win on Saturday afternoon when the game is played. It’s what you do the other six days that decides… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely. I am very much in favor of redshirting,… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed… — Lou Holtz Copy Share
You always have to prepare for the obstacles that are going to come. Consequently, when they do come, it doesn't affect you mentally near… — Lou Holtz Copy Share
Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a… — Lou Holtz Copy Share
The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can -… — Lou Holtz Copy Share
People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you? — Lou Holtz Copy Share
“never tell your problems to any1...20% donot care and 80% are glad to have them...” — Lou Holtz Copy Share
Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed. We… — Lou Holtz Copy Share
I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country… — Lou Holtz Copy Share
Everyone wants to win on Saturday afternoon when the game is played. It’s what you do the other six days that decides the outcome — Lou Holtz Copy Share
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… — Lou Holtz Copy Share
What you are capable of achieving is determined by your talent and ability. What you attempt to do is determined by your motivation. How… — Lou Holtz Copy Share
If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better. — Lou Holtz Copy Share
