A biography for Lou Holtzhasn’t been written yet.
“The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely. I am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there's no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage.”
“I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.”
“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.”
“Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.”
“If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who's been successful at another college program, they're going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.”
“In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.”
“I'm no genius.”
“If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.”
“The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.”
“No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.”
“When all is said and done, more is said than done.”
“Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.”
“I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.”
“When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.”
“If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.”
“Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.”
“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.”
“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”
“A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.”
“I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.”