Lou Holtz

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

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.

Coaching is about helping young people have a chance _x000D_ to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility _x000D_ than that. One of the greatest honors a person can have _x000D_ is being called 'Coach.'

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.

The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You’ve got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can’t really achieve anything great without the help of others.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.

Do what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest; remain free from drugs; and if you have any questions, get out your Bible. 2. Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable of doing better. 3. Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice love and understanding.

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It's the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.

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.

If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.

As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.

Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me?