Quotes from Lou Holtz

ESPN is a great organization to work for.

How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?

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

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

I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.

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

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

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's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.

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

Never tell your problems to anyone . . . 20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his jacket on.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

See, winners embrace hard work.

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

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

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.

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

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

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.

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

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

Everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities. - as spoken by Lou Holtz, former Notre Dame Coach