Quotes by Lou Holtz

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”

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

“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.”

“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”

“When all is said and done, more is said than done.”

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

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

“If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.”

“Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.”

“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 wa...”

“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.”

“See, winners embrace hard work.”

“Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us ...”

“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 p...”

“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.”

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

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

“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 wan...”

“In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are...”