Best Lou Holtz Quotes

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

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

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

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

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

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

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

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

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

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

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

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

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.

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.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.

You're never s good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.