Quote

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

Lou Holtz

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
Louis Holtz
Winning
Coaching
Everyone
Tells
Running
Criticism
Good
Basketball
Never
Confidence
Motivational
Lose
Loses

More quotes by Lou Holtz

Image
Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.
Lou Holtz
Image
If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time. It doesn't seem that hard to me.
Lou Holtz
Image
No, but you can see it from here.
Lou Holtz
Image
Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
Lou Holtz
Image
I believe your attitude is the most important choice you can make.
Lou Holtz
Image
To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.
Lou Holtz
Image
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Lou Holtz
Image
First we become the best, then we'll become first.
Lou Holtz
Image
It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.
Lou Holtz
Image
For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
Lou Holtz
Image
In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
Lou Holtz
Image
The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.
Lou Holtz
Image
Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
Lou Holtz
Image
I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
Lou Holtz
Image
Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.
Lou Holtz
Image
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
Lou Holtz
Image
I feel that God wants me to coach otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
Lou Holtz
Image
I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.
Lou Holtz
Image
After winning, most teams become individuals most teams become complacent.
Lou Holtz
Image
Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do.
Lou Holtz