(49 quotes found)
“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
Lou Holtz
“This is not about Lou Holtz. This is about South Carolina.”
“Lou played well. He started one game last year, but this was his real varsity debut.”
Brian Adkins
“There's even a couple of players from the 1950 Lou Ball (clothing store) junior B team. We hoping to get guys who were junior B stars like Dave Simpson, Bill Armstrong, Dave Hutchison. That ought to make it interesting.”
Bruce Huff
“Tonight, I stand here, overwhelmed, as my name is linked with the great and courageous Lou Gehrig, ... I'm truly humbled to have our names spoken in the same breath. Some may think our strongest connection is because we played many consecutive games. Yet I believe in my heart that our true link is a common motivation-a love of the game of baseball, a passion for our team and a desire to compete on the very highest level.”
Cal Ripken
“I slipped and the ball got away from me with nothing on it. Maybe it's lucky it hit Lou, instead of going over the plate.”
Carl Hubbell
“Mike Ditka changed my life, just like Lou Holtz change my life, just like Bill Reed changed my life. He brought a commitment that I have heretofore never seen.”
Dan Hampton
“Anything could happen with Lou.”
Sam Perlozzo
“There's a lot of things happening. There's a lot of speculation about Lou, about new ownership, about a lot of things. I don't want to think about all that. There's too many things that are out of our control.”
Danys Baez
“Lou has really put us on the map. He has been so important to this program because he's shown other kids in the school that you can wrestle and be successful at St. Mary's. Just because we're a small school and we have to roll out the mats in the cafeteria to practice, it doesn't mean we can't be competitive.”
Wayne Hicks