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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.
Holtz, Lou
Bores and Boredom

You re never s good as everyone tells you when you win, and you re never as bad as they say when you lose.
Holtz, Lou
Critics and Criticism

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn t make your house look any better.
Holtz, Lou
Critics and Criticism

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.
Holtz, Lou
Competition

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
Holtz, Lou
Coaches and Coaching

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
Holtz, Lou
Complaints and Complaining

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

If he s got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don t hire him.
Holtz, Lou
Hiring

I can t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
Holtz, Lou
Potential

Don t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
Holtz, Lou
Problems

It s not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It s my job not to de-motivate them.
Holtz, Lou
Motivation

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
Holtz, Lou
Motivation

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
Holtz, Lou
Service

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven t done anything today.
Holtz, Lou
Self-improvement

On this team, we re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
Holtz, Lou
Teams and Teamwork

You ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
Holtz, Lou
Revenge

Ability is what you re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Holtz, Lou
Attitude

Don t be a spectator, don t let life pass you by.
Holtz, Lou
Action

When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Holtz, Lou
Action

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
Holtz, Lou
Adversity

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
Holtz, Lou
Attitude

No one has ever drowned in sweat.
Holtz, Lou
Work, Hard