Lou Holtz Quotes

Lou Holtz — American Coach born on January 06, 1937,

Louis Leo "Lou" Holtz is a former college football analyst for ESPN as well as a former football coach. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary, North Carolina State University, the University of Arkansas, the University of Minnesota, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of South Carolina, compiling a career record of 2491327. Holtz's 1988 Notre Dame team went 120 with a victory in the Fiesta Bowl and was the consensus national champion. Holtz is the only college football coach to lead six different programs to bowl games and the only coach to guide four different programs to the final top 20 rankings. Holtz also coached the New York Jets of the National Football League during the 1976 season... (wikipedia)

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.

We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: 'Boy, you are skinny, aren't you?' I said: 'Honey, I'd like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.'

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

Lou Holtz Quotes

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