“Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into c...” — Lou Holtz Quote

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.

I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.

I'm an old man, and all my life I've said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it's a national school.

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.

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Years ago I went into my laboratory and said, 'Dear Mr. Creator, please tell me what the universe was made for?' The Great Creator answered, 'You want to know too much for that little mind of yours. Ask for something more your size, little man.'