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Lou Holtz Bucket List
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- “I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.” Lou Holtz
- “It’s good to be successful but it’s great to be significant.” Lou Holtz
- “When all is said and done, more is said than done.” Lou Holtz
- “If you continually ask yourself, “What’s Important Now?” you won’t waste time on the trivial.” “Make sure you do something every day to realize one of your dreams.”
- “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” Lou Holtz
- “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” Lou Holtz
- “Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.” Lou Holtz
- “No one has ever drowned in sweat.” Lou Holtz
- “Never tell your problems to anyone…20% don’t care and the other 80% are glad you have them.” Lou Holtz
- “Don’t tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the darn ship in.” Lou Holtz
- “Winners and losers aren’t born, they are the products of how they think.” Lou Holtz
- “I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.” Lou Holtz
- “Nothing is as good as it seems, and nothing is as bad as it seems. Somewhere in between lies reality.” Lou Holtz
- “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” Lou Holtz
- “You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.” Lou Holtz
- “You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.” Lou Holtz
- College Football Jokes: “On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.” Lou Holtz
- “In this world you’re either growing or you’re dying so get in motion and grow.” Lou Holtz
- “You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.”
- College Football Jokes: “For those who know Notre Dame, no explanation is necessary. For those who don’t, no explanation will suffice.”
- “Don’t let what you don’t have keep you from using what you do have.”
- “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.”
- “Only you can change yourself. Don’t expect your parents, spouse, colleagues, or friends to transform you. It’s not their job.”
- “Remember, if you have a problem, it’s your problem. Solve it. Don’t blame other people. Don’t burden people with your complaints.” Lou Holtz
- “Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it’s your turn.” Lou Holtz
- “You can’t accomplish anything big without doing the little things. Fundamentals are basically doing the little things correctly.”
- “Choices are our game plan’s bricks and mortar. Everything that happens to us is the result of the choices we make. You choose to act or procrastinate, believe or doubt, help or hinder, succeed or fail.”
- “If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.” Lou Holtz
- “No one is interested in excuses, only results.”
- “Too many people aren’t willing to make sacrifices to help themselves, let alone others.”
- “Enthusiasm is contagious. If you have enthusiasm for what you do, people will want to share in it.”
- “Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.”
- “Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.”
- “If you burn your neighbor’s house down, it doesn’t make your house look any better.”
- “God did not put Lou Holtz on this earth to coach in the pros.” Lou Holtz
- “They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.”
- “God looks after children, animals and idiots.”
- “The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.” Lou Holtz
- “I believe most problems are blessings in disguise. You can transform any tragedy into a positive experience simply by altering your perspective. We often cannot tell an obstruction from an opportunity until we view it from hindsight. So be patient.”
- “You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be. ” Lou Holtz
- “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.” Lou Holtz
- “Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn’t make me stronger.” Lou Holtz
- “The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.” Lou Holtz
- “Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.” Lou Holtz
- ”Do what you feel is right regardless of peer pressure or personal desires; success and confidence will not be far behind.” Lou Holtz
- “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” Lou Holtz
- “I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.” Lou Holtz
- “You can alter any aspect of your life once you accept that you are the product of your decisions. Continue to do whatever you’ve done before and the results will remain the same. Revamp your approach to life and you will produce a different outcome.”
- “The person who doesn’t fail is the person who doesn’t attempt anything.”
- “Understand that failure is inevitable; see it as part of your learning process.”
- “Preparation dispels pressure because it builds confidence.”
- “Discipline is not what you do to yourself, it’s what you do for yourself.” “
- “Opportunity is never a polite thing. It won’t stand around waiting for you while you sit trying to decide whether or not to embrace it. You must have the courage to grab it with both hands when it’s in front of you.”
- “He had shoulder surgery on his elbow.”