Lou Holtz quotes

“I just have an enthusiasm for life.”

— Lou Holtz

“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”

— Lou Holtz

“All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.”

— Lou Holtz

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

— Lou Holtz

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

— Lou Holtz

“I don't exercise.”

— Lou Holtz

“I give opinions, not advice.”

— Lou Holtz

“I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.”

— Lou Holtz

“I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.”

— Lou Holtz

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

— Lou Holtz

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

— Lou Holtz

“If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.”

— Lou Holtz

“In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.”

— Lou Holtz

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

— Lou Holtz

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

— Lou Holtz