Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz
Louis Leo "Lou" Holtzis a former American football player, coach, and analyst. 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 249–132–7. Holtz's 1988 Notre Dame team went 12–0 with a victory in the Fiesta Bowl and was the consensus national champion. Holtz is the only college...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 January 1937
CityFollansbee, WV
CountryUnited States of America
You build a successful life a day at a time.
No one has ever drowned in sweat.
In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals.
In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.
Only the unprepared are overcome by pressure
My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.
No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.
The greatest power God gave us is the power to choose. We have the opportunity to choose whether we're going to act or procrastinate, believe or doubt, pray or curse, help or heal. We also choose whether we're going to be happy or whether we're going to be sad.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.