Coach Quotes by Lou Holtz

When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.

— Lou Holtz

I have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some…

— Lou Holtz

I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.

— Lou Holtz

Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a…

— 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

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

— Lou Holtz

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

In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of…

— Lou Holtz

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who's been successful at another college program, they're…

— Lou Holtz

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

I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been…

— Lou Holtz

Coaching is about helping young people have a chance to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility than that. One of the…

— Lou Holtz

As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you…

— Lou Holtz

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

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