First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop — 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
Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
All I've seen agents do is talk players into having bad senior seasons because they're trying to keep themselves from getting injured. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger. They… — 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
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
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“never tell your problems to any1...20% donot care and 80% are glad to have them...” — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
