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
We had a lot of people call us. And a lot of people we played, they were all the sudden using it the next year.
Ask people over the last 20 years who has won the most Commander-in-Chief's Trophies. Tradition always is under construction. People don't look at what happened in the 1940s. They look at what's happening today.
A lot of people didn't even know we were being investigated. When the news broke last week, our freshmen were like, 'We were under investigation? No one ever told us.' It's not like I bothered to tell them.
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.
We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.
Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It's the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.
We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
Coaching is about helping young people have a chance to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility than that. One of the greatest honors a person can have is being called 'Coach.'
You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.
I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.
If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?
So many times people are afraid of competition, when it should bring out the best in us. We all have talents and abilities, so why be intimidated by other people's skills?
The only people who aren't going to be criticized are those who do absolutely nothing