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" I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years. "
Lou Holtz
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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 September, we're going to have conference day. Everybody from the SEC plays a Big 12 team. Everybody from the Big Ten is going to play the ACC. Everybody from the Big East is going to play the Pac-10. "
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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 with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be. "
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" Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it. "
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" My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life. "
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" God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way. "
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" 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.' "
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" Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired. "
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" No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner. "
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" I'm an old man, and all my life I've said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it's a national school. "
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" It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. "
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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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" I've followed Notre Dame football since 1946, when I listened on the radio and Johnny Lujack tackled Doc Blanchard in the open field to preserve a 0-0 tie. "
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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, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage. "
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" When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again. "
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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 other coach in the future. "
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