Top 223 Quotes & Sayings by Lou Holtz - Page 4

Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.

You live up - or down - to your expectations.

The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.

It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.

Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do.

Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.

After landing his invasion forces on the shores of some country, the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes would immediately burn his own boats. He was sending his army a message: "We can't turn back. Either we succeed here or we die here." Excuses were not an option.

One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game tomorrow and lose a team. You can lose a game tomorrow and win a football team.

First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop

An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger. They all say they can, but the people who do the drafting don't talk to agents. They talk to coaches, they watch film, they talk to the people who've worked with players. They don't talk to agents.

My athletes always follow my advice... unless it conflicts with what that they want to do.

If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, "I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time." It doesn't seem that hard to me.

We will use some kind of option and we will throw the football. I hope it will be at our people.

Actually, all I ever wanted to be was the best in my field.

A player has no use for an agent. None.

You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. Why was something successful? What makes it work? I just try to use my expertise and whatever insight I have to the game.

First we become the best, then we'll become first.

They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.

The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.

It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant

Momentum is whatever your attitude determines it to be.

Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.

Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals.

I bet you went on one date and wanted to get married.

I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.

All I've seen agents do is talk players into having bad senior seasons because they're trying to keep themselves from getting injured.

If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?

You always have to prepare for the obstacles that are going to come. Consequently, when they do come, it doesn't affect you mentally near as much as when you're unprepared for them.

I've never seen the yellow light, umm the yellow line be wrong.

No, but you can see it from here.

To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.

If you are killing time, it's not murder. It's suicide.

It's a better view if you're standing up than if you're laying down.

So many times people are afraid of competition, when it should bring out the best in us. We all have talents and abilities, so why be intimidated by other people's skills?

Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.

All you need is something to say, and a burning desire to say it... it doesn't matter where your hands are.

The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.

I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.

Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.

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'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.

We are always faced with different challenges, and circumstances necessitate bringing out the greatness God puts in all of us.