Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz
Louis Leo "Lou" Holtzis a former American football player, coach, and analyst. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary, North Carolina State University, the University of Arkansas, the University of Minnesota, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of South Carolina, compiling a career record of 249–132–7. Holtz's 1988 Notre Dame team went 12–0 with a victory in the Fiesta Bowl and was the consensus national champion. Holtz is the only college...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 January 1937
CityFollansbee, WV
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Remember that adversity presents us with numerous possibilities for success, if we are just willing to see them.
One thing about me is I try to be honest.
Your neighbors will make judgments about you based on how your lawn and house look, and people who see you passing will judge you based on how clean you keep your car. It's not always fair, but it has always been true. Appearances matter, so make yours a good one.
If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.
All you need is something to say, and a burning desire to say it... it doesn't matter where your hands are.
All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.
My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
You always have to prepare for the obstacles that are going to come. Consequently, when they do come, it doesn't affect you mentally near as much as when you're unprepared for them.
Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.
ESPN is a great organization to work for.
What's important now? - To evaluate the past, focus on the future, and tell you what you have to do in the present
My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.