Quotes from Lou Holtz

At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.

At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage.

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

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.

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.

Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.

Attitude determines how well you do it.

You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.

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

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

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.

Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

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

In life, be a participant, not a spectator.

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

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

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

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

The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.

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

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

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

One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.