“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”  John Wooden

Legendary basketball coach John Wooden posted this note on the team bulletin board:
‘There is a choice you have to make,
In everything you do.
So keep in mind that in the end,
The choice you make, makes you.’

(The Essential Wooden: A Lifetime of Lessons on Leaders and Leadership, Page 124)

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“We have a tendency to look at things as they are, without seeing the wonderful opportunities that are available. It is really our choice, nobody else’s. Almost everything that happens to us, either good or bad, is a result of the decisions we make. It is popular to point a finger and blame everybody else for the situations we find ourselves in, but everybody has the opportunity to make the choices that govern their lives. We choose whether we are going to be happy or sad, believe or doubt, pray or curse, help or heal, work or loaf, succeed or fail.” Coach Lou Holtz

That about covers it….

Lou Holtz is one of my personal heroes. His viewpoint on life is a testament to a winning philosophy. Years ago I read his book, A Championship season at Notre Dame,  and was captivated by his philosophies on life and winning. Today I’m sharing a little Lou Holtz wisdom. Hope you enjoy.

A Championship Season at Notre Dame – Chapter 5 – Thoughts on life: The Holtz viewpoint

“The only things that are going to change you from where you are today to where you are going to be five years from now are the people you meet and the books you read.”  Lou Holtz A Championship Season at Notre Dame p. 43

“Life is really quite exciting. One day you’re drinking the wine, and the next day you’re picking the grapes. There are certain things in the world we all have in common such as time. Everybody has sixty seconds to a minute, sixty minutes to an hour, twenty-four hours to a day; the difference is what we do with that time and who we use it. As Reverend Harrington says, “if you’re killing time it’s not murder, but pure suicide.”

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