Quotes by Lou Holtz

• The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
• No one has ever drowned in sweat.
• The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.
• When all is said and done, more is said than done.
• You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
• You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
• On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
• Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
• Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
• If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
• In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
• 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.
• If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
• It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
• If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
• If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
• I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
• I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
• I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
• Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.
• Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
• A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
• A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
• Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
• Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
• 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.
• It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
• Ability is what you're capable of doing, motivation determines what you do, and attitude determines how well you do it.
• 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.
• 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.
• It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it
• Don't tell your problems to people - eighty percent don't care, and the other twenty percent are glad you have them
• Don’t tell your problems to people - eighty percent don’t care and the other twenty percent are glad you have them
• You were not born a winner, and you are not born a loser. You are what you make yourself to be.
• It’s not the load that breaks you down; it's the way you carry it.
• Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude defines how well you do it.