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" You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose. "
Lou Holtz
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" If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today. "
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" The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely. I am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there's no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage. "
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" Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference. "
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" I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make. "
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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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" 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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" The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got. "
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" After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent. "
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" Football coaches don't have real problems. "
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" Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. "
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" All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey. "
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" Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. "
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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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Home
Week
Spring
" In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities. "
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Talk
Years
People
" Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude. "
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Attitude
Positive
World
" Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them. "
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People
You
" The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood. "
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Humor
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" I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go. "
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Best
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Know
" I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions. "
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Learn
Ask
Learning
" My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. "
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First
Football
Job
" I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country was Catholic, because that's all I ever was associated with. "
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Thought
Sides
Family
" If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better. "
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Look
" God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way. "
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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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" To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky. "
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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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" When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. "
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" I don't exercise. "
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" No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner. "
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" Nothing on this earth is standing still. It's either growing or it's dying. No matter if it's a tree or a human being. "
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