Lou Holtz Quotes

An agent won’t help you get drafted higher, won’t make you win more games, and won’t make you faster or stronger.

God answers prayers, but he doesn’t always answer it your way.

I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn’t have put the desire in me.

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.

Don’t run if you can walk. Don’t walk if you can stand. Don’t stand if you can sit. Don’t sit if you can lie down.

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.

Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me?

Do what’s right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest; remain free from drugs; and if you have any questions, get out your Bible. 2. Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable of doing better. 3. Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice love and understanding.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it’s not always in the way you expect. God knows what’s best for us, though, so there’s no need to worry when things don’t go how we originally wanted them to go.

You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.