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Lou Holtz is an American football coach renowned for his remarkable achievements in both NCAA and NFL. Born on January 6, 1937, Holtz has spent over 40 years in the football coaching world, leading multiple teams to championships and earning a high reputation in the American sports community.

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“Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.”

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“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.”

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“We are not going to win because you have a new head coach, any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver. We will win the minute all of us get rid of excuses as to why we can't win and stop wallowing in self-pity.”

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“If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.”

“No one has ever drowned in sweat.”

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“The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.”

“A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.”

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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 do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.”

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“I have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some other coach in the future.”

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“As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.”

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“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.”

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“When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. Why was something successful? What makes it work? I just try to use my expertise and whatever insight I have to the game.”

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“An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger. They all say they can, but the people who do the drafting don't talk to agents. They talk to coaches, they watch film, they talk to the people who've worked with players. They don't talk to agents.”

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“Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.”

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“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”

“I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.”

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“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.”

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“Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.”

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“Football coaches don't have real problems.”

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“I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.”

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“It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game”

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“Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me?”

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“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.'”

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“You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.”

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Book:The Fighting Spirit: A Championship Season at Notre Dame

Source: The Fighting Spirit: A Championship Season at Notre Dame

About the Author

Born: January 6, 1937
Known for: Football coach
Quotes: 193

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