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
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.
I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.
I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.
My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.
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.
I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.
I'm an old man, and all my life I've said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it's a national school.
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.
I just have an enthusiasm for life.
In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.