Lou Holtz

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.

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

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

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

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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