Heard coach Holtz being interviewed and what he said has stuck with me for.

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the rest of my life. They were discussing people he had met and coached and the interviewer asked him if he could judge people's character by how they treated him. He responded by saying, you can't tell one's character by how they treat people they need, but you can tell who they are by how they treat those they don't need. Most profound thing I've ever heard a coach say.

Posted: 01/30/2026 at 10:02 AM ET

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Lou Holtz has entered hospice -- The_Stratman Jan 29, 2026 at 10:38 PM ET

The_Stratman • 01/29/26 10:38 PM ET

Resht in peach, Coach Lou** -- Baltimore Hokie Jan 31, 2026 at 02:27 PM ET

Baltimore Hokie • 01/31/26 02:27 PM ET

Hated him as the ND coach, but loved him bickering w/ Mark May -- marcbvtgm Jan 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM ET

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Deleted -- marcbvtgm Jan 31, 2026 at 10:24 AM ET

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When ND played Navy Holtz looked at names of battles that ring the stadium. -- Hokester Jan 31, 2026 at 09:30 AM ET

Hokester • 01/31/26 09:30 AM ET

A good man...and a life well lived** -- Tuckahokie Jan 31, 2026 at 08:02 AM ET

Tuckahokie • 01/31/26 08:02 AM ET

A different look at Holtz -- Spider73 Jan 30, 2026 at 04:05 PM ET

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I'll always miss his "Final Verdict" segments on College Football Final on -- Maroon Baboon Jan 30, 2026 at 02:16 PM ET

Maroon Baboon • 01/30/26 02:16 PM ET

agreed, I spent all day/night on Saturdays watching college football then** -- furnulator Jan 31, 2026 at 06:10 AM ET

furnulator • 01/31/26 06:10 AM ET

Heard coach Holtz being interviewed and what he said has stuck with me for. ◄ -- gdot Jan 30, 2026 at 10:02 AM ET

gdot • 01/30/26 10:02 AM ET

Coach Holtz -- hokierodneync Jan 30, 2026 at 10:50 AM ET

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Prayers for Coach Holtz...... -- 2hhoop3 Jan 30, 2026 at 09:40 AM ET

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January 2, 1978 -- drc1956 Jan 30, 2026 at 09:34 AM ET

drc1956 • 01/30/26 09:34 AM ET

Unlike what Bobby Bowden did in’99 with free shoes 👟 u, Peter Warwick! -- HoakieBS Jan 30, 2026 at 01:55 PM ET

HoakieBS • 01/30/26 01:55 PM ET

Peter Warrick was suspended several games to start the season. -- reestuart Jan 30, 2026 at 03:54 PM ET

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I remember that game...** -- True Hokie Jan 30, 2026 at 10:32 AM ET

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Regardless about how some felt about him. He was a great coach, motivator, -- SCHokie1103 Jan 30, 2026 at 09:26 AM ET

SCHokie1103 • 01/30/26 09:26 AM ET

Seen him speak in the Tidewater area. Best in person speaker Ive ever seen -- Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie Jan 30, 2026 at 08:18 AM ET

Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie • 01/30/26 08:18 AM ET

I heard him speak at Boys State in the summer of 1975 and ….. -- scoop76cs Jan 31, 2026 at 10:11 AM ET

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I liked him a lot when he was on ESPN, quite the character.** -- TekkNerd Jan 30, 2026 at 06:46 AM ET

TekkNerd • 01/30/26 06:46 AM ET

He was most impressive in person. -- V333T Jan 30, 2026 at 06:43 AM ET

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