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
Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
You can't motivate a group of people or a Team. You have to motivate people individually, and that motivation has to be in an environment in which that person has a goal - something they want to accomplish in their lives.
Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.
My athletes always follow my advice... unless it conflicts with what that they want to do.
The price of LEADERSHIP is RESPONSIBILITY....and part of that responsibility is to STAY POSITIVE whether you feel like it or not.
How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
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 was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.
One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game tomorrow and lose a team. You can lose a game tomorrow and win a football team.
If you continually ask yourself, "What's important now?", you won't waste time on the trivial.
It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.