Lou Holtz Quotes

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

To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.

All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.

Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.

All I've seen agents do is talk players into having bad senior seasons because they're trying to keep themselves from getting injured.

One thing about me is I try to be honest.

ESPN is a great organization to work for.

I've never seen the yellow light, umm the yellow line be wrong.

I bet you went on one date and wanted to get married.

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

I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.

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

An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.

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

A player has no use for an agent. None.

I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.

If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, "I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time." It doesn't seem that hard to me.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

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.

If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.

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

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.

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

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.

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