The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely. I am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there's no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage.
— Lou Holtz
I'm no genius.
I'm proud to be part of the Dr. Pepper Scholarship Giveaway. It's a great program that gives me the chance to brighten the day for some lucky college students with free tuition.
For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.
In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
I don't exercise.
All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.
I give opinions, not advice.
My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
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.
If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.
I've followed Notre Dame football since 1946, when I listened on the radio and Johnny Lujack tackled Doc Blanchard in the open field to preserve a 0-0 tie.
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 back on the field.
You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.
Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.
I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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.
Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.
No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.
The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.
God looks after children, animals and idiots.
If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who's been successful at another college program, they're going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.
I just have an enthusiasm for life.
How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
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.
I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.
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.
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
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.
