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Lou Holtz
American
Coach
About the author
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Man
No one has ever drowned in sweat.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
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,
American
Coach
#People
#Sense
#Humor
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Job
#United
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Adversity
Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Want
#Right
If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Golf
In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Successful
#Attention
#Detail
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,
American
Coach
#Life
#Goals
#Desire
If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Will
#Fight
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Neighbors
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Today
#Yesterday
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Career
#Experience
#Defeat
I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Questions
#Talking
I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#God
#Earth
Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Life
Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Nothing
#Mistakes
#Coaching
A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Coach
#Fire
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Song
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Motivation
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Life
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,
American
Coach
#Will
#Challenge
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
Lou Holtz,
American
Coach
#Ability