Lou Holtz

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care, and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

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.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?

I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.

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

I just have an enthusiasm for life.

When I work a game as an analyst all I do is look at the game like a coach.

I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.

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

I do think coaches need to get away from the game more though. It's good for them.

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.

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

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

It's not the load that breaks you down it's the way you carry it.

If Tiger Woods had played football he would have been a quarterback.

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.

Don't be a spectator don't let life pass you by.