A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Lou Holtz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
Lou Holtz

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Lou Holtz

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

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

No one has ever drowned in sweat.
Lou Holtz