A biography for Lou Holtzhasn’t been written yet.
“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 think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.”
“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”
“All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.”
“For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.”
“I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.”
“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
“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.”
“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.”
“Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.”
“If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.”
“I've followed Notre Dame football since 1946, when I listened on the radio and Johnny Lujack tackled Doc Blanchard in the open field to preserve a 0-0 tie.”
“On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.”