Quotes

“I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.” Lou Holtz

“How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?” Lou Holtz

“On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.” Lou Holtz

“See, winners embrace hard work.” Lou Holtz

“I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.” Lou Holtz

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

“I just have an enthusiasm for life.” Lou Holtz

“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.” Lou Holtz

“All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.” Lou Holtz

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

“I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.” Lou Holtz

“I don't exercise.” Lou Holtz

“I give opinions, not advice.” Lou Holtz

“I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.” Lou Holtz

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

“If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.” Lou Holtz

“If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.” Lou Holtz

“If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.” Lou Holtz

“In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.” Lou Holtz

“My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.” Lou Holtz

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

“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.” Elbert Hubbard

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” Elbert Hubbard

“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.” Elbert Hubbard

“The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.” Elbert Hubbard

“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.” Elbert Hubbard

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.” Elbert Hubbard

“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” Elbert Hubbard

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.” Elbert Hubbard