Quote

I believe your attitude is the most important choice you can make.

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
Make
Choice
Attitude
Choices
Important
Believe

More quotes by Lou Holtz

Image
To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.
Lou Holtz
Image
When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
Lou Holtz
Image
It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
Lou Holtz
Image
I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression.
Lou Holtz
Image
First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
Lou Holtz
Image
God looks after children, animals and idiots.
Lou Holtz
Image
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
Lou Holtz
Image
I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
Lou Holtz
Image
The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.
Lou Holtz
Image
Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think
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 burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
Lou Holtz
Image
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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
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
For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
Lou Holtz
Image
If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.
Lou Holtz
Image
Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
Lou Holtz
Image
The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can - but you cannot do your own thing if you have responsibilities to team members.
Lou Holtz
Image
If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?
Lou Holtz