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Football Quotes by Lou Holtz

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Winning on Saturday starts with the six days of practice, a point Lou Holtz stresses. He sees coaching as a chance to help young people succeed, even if the next game is the only one he can win. He also notes that a strong defense in overtime can decide the score.

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Football coaches don't have real problems.

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A player has no use for an agent. None.

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I don't think we can win every game. Just the next one.

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See, winners embrace hard work.

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To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.

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No, but you can see it from here.

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A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.

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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop

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

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

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

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Broadcasting is easy; you just talk until you think of something to say.

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

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We will use some kind of option and we will throw the football. I hope it will be at our people.

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It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.

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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…

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I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.

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One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game…

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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…

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If you make a fist and hold it for two hours, you won't be able to pick up a glass because you'll…

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I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best…

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All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about…

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In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged…

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If you made me the national commissioner of football, I'd tell you one thing that I would mandate. The second Saturday in…

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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more…

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It's a better view if you're standing up than if you're laying down.

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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.

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Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.

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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.

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You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.

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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.

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

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Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think

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Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see…

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

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At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb,…

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

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I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play…

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People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?

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I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country…

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

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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.