Quotes by Lou Holtz

"I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in."

"We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime."

"If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today."

"In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities."

"Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them."

"Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it."

"I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that's for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn't play golf."

"You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance."

"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity."

"How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser."

"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."

"In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention."

"On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job."

"Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It's the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things."

"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."

"We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: 'Boy, you are skinny, aren't you?' I said: 'Honey, I'd like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.'"

"Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude."

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

"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."

"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it."