Quotes by Lou Holtz

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

— Lou Holtz

Life

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

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.

— Lou Holtz

Love

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

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.

— Lou Holtz

Success

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

— Lou Holtz

Life

We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: 'Boy, you are skinny, aren't you?' I said: 'Honey, I'd like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.'

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

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.

— Lou Holtz

Success

On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

— Lou Holtz

Success

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.

— Lou Holtz

Success

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

— Lou Holtz

Education

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

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

— Lou Holtz

Success

I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that's for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn't play golf.

— Lou Holtz

Success

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

— Lou Holtz

Education

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

— Lou Holtz

Wisdom

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.

— Lou Holtz

Success