Quotes from Lou Holtz

When I die, and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be.

One thing about me is I try to be honest.

I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.

I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.

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.

Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

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

I'm an old man, and all my life I've said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it's a national school.

When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.

I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression.

People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?

It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country was Catholic, because that's all I ever was associated with.

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.

In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

Nothing on this earth is standing still. It's either growing or it's dying. No matter if it's a tree or a human being.

The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn't allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.

It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

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