Lou Holtz Quotes About Coaching
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No one has ever drowned in sweat.
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Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a purpose in your life, you're gonna die.
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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.
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No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
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They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.
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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
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Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.
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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.
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
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You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
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I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!
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Coaching is about helping young people have a chance to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility than that. One of the greatest honors a person can have is being called 'Coach.'
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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.
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I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
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Your neighbors will make judgments about you based on how your lawn and house look, and people who see you passing will judge you based on how clean you keep your car. It's not always fair, but it has always been true. Appearances matter, so make yours a good one.
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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.
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You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do.
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