Nothing on this earth is standing still. It’s either growing or it’s dying. No matter if it’s a tree or a human being. – Lou Holtz
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. – Lou Holtz
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. – Lou Holtz
I’m proud to be part of the Dr. Pepper Scholarship Giveaway. It’s a great program that gives me the chance to brighten the day for some lucky college students with free tuition. – Lou Holtz
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it. – Lou Holtz
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude. – Lou Holtz
I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that’s for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn’t play golf. – Lou Holtz
If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there. – Lou Holtz
The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn’t allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability. – Lou Holtz
I think that we have opportunities all around us – sometimes we just don’t recognize them. – Lou Holtz
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
My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for. – Lou Holtz
When I die, and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be. – Lou Holtz
In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life – or at least the way life should be. – Lou Holtz