1. “Don’t run if you can walk. Don’t walk if you can stand. Don’t stand if you can sit. Don’t sit if you can lie down.” ~ Lou Holtz
2. “Don’t tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the darn ship in.” ~ Lou Holtz
3. “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” ~ Lou Holtz
4. “I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.” ~ Lou Holtz
5. “Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.” ~ Lou Holtz
6. “Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.” ~ Lou Holtz
7. “Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.” ~ Lou Holtz
8. “Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it’s your turn.” ~ Lou Holtz
9. “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” ~ Lou Holtz
10. “It’s always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.” ~ Lou Holtz
11. “The price of leadership is responsibility, and part of that responsibility is to stay positive whether you feel like it or not.” ~ Lou Holtz
12. “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.” ~ Lou Holtz
13. “I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.” ~ Lou Holtz
14. “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” ~ Lou Holtz
15. “I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.” ~ Lou Holtz
16. “Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn’t work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.” ~ Lou Holtz
17. “The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.” ~ Lou Holtz
18. “Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.” ~ Lou Holtz
19. “The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.” ~ Lou Holtz
20. “Don’t ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.” ~ Lou Holtz
21. “You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.” ~ Lou Holtz
22. “You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.” ~ Lou Holtz
23. “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.” ~ Lou Holtz
24. “You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.” ~ Lou Holtz
25. “Happiness is nothing more than having a poor memory.” ~ Lou Holtz
26. “If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.” ~ Lou Holtz
27. “It’s good to be successful but it’s great to be significant.” ~ Lou Holtz
28. “Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.” ~ Lou Holtz
29. “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.” ~ Lou Holtz
30. “Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” ~ Lou Holtz
31. “Underconfidence breeds underachievement.” ~ Lou Holtz
32. “It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.” ~ Lou Holtz
33. “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” ~ Lou Holtz
34. “You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.” ~ Lou Holtz
35. “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.” ~ Lou Holtz
36. “Winners and losers aren’t born, they are the products of how they think.” ~ Lou Holtz
37. “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
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