362 Quotes by Lou Holtz

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

We are not going to win because you have a new head coach, any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver. We will win the minute all of us get rid of excuses as to why we can't win and stop wallowing in self-pity.

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.

If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.

The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.

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

I give opinions, not advice.

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.