“I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and alw...” — Lou Holtz Quote

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

To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.

I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

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

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.

I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything.

I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.