Lou Holtz: “You Can Do Anything in This World You Want if You're Willing to Pay the Price.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
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🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Lou Holtz shares powerful lessons on competition, belief, and the price of success. From football fields to everyday life, he reminds us that the real competition is with ourselves. Success comes from helping others, setting clear goals, believing in your ability, and being willing to pay the price that most people avoid.
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Source: Lou Holtz: Maintaining Self-Motivation (1986 speech to Chevrolet dealers)
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| 0:00.0 | They're not a business and operation today. |
| 0:02.0 | They didn't in it to help other people, with the possible exception of the airlines that I fly regularly. |
| 0:09.1 | I went up to the lady. |
| 0:10.2 | I said, I like this bag to go to New York. |
| 0:11.9 | I went to Los Angeles, and this bag to Chicago. |
| 0:14.4 | And she said, oh, we can't do that. |
| 0:15.9 | I said, you did it last week when I flew the airline. Last week would have been here. |
| 0:35.3 | Welcome back to the quote of the day show. I am your host Sean Croxton, as Sean Croxton.com. |
| 0:39.2 | We got coach Lou Holtz on the show today. |
| 0:42.4 | Unfortunately, the coach passed away this month, |
| 0:44.6 | so I thought I would bring him on the show on a Monday |
| 0:47.3 | to get us fired up for our week. |
| 0:49.3 | Today's quote of the day is this. |
| 0:51.5 | You can do anything in this world you want if you're willing to pay the price. |
| 0:57.2 | Like if you're willing to get uncomfortable, if you're willing to do inconvenient things, |
| 1:01.9 | if you're willing to go out there and serve people, if you're willing to believe in yourself, |
| 1:07.1 | you can have anything in this world that you want. |
| 1:12.5 | Coach is coming up. |
| 1:29.5 | You can introduce me one time. He said, I want to introduce Lou Holtz, the greatest coach in the country. He said, now, if you go in the city, you can find a lot of them better than he is, but if you stay in the country, he's not a bad football coach. I really am happy to be here and I realize that 10% of you aren't going to remember 10% of what it said 10 minutes after said it. |
| 1:45.7 | But I do hope for the next few minutes I can share some thoughts and ideas with you. You're probably sitting there right now saying, what in the world do I have in common with Lou Holtz of football coach? Well, we really have an awful lot in common. First thing we have in common is competition. I'm in a very competitive business, and you are as well. |
| 1:50.3 | I refuse to pick up those football magazines anymore and read about our competition. |
| 1:52.9 | I read where SMU is going to win the national championship. |
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