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" In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention. "
Lou Holtz
Small
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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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" The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn't allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability. "
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" If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who's been successful at another college program, they're going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there. "
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" I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life. "
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" I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression. "
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" If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better. "
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" No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner. "
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" When I die, and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be. "
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" When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin. "
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" To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky. "
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" I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team! "
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