Legendary football coach Lou Holtz joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' and comments on receiving the honor.
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will thank you Jedediah
President Trump announcing an
incredible honor for legendary
football coach, Lou Holtz
theres, a man thats a
incredible leader, Lou Holtz,
ive known him. For a long time,
hes been a friend of mine,
you look at Lous Life and
career and what hes done for
charity and the football it was
obvious. He was a great coach,
but what hes done beyond even
coaching
so Lou will be getting the
presidential medal of freedom
will and now coach Lou Holtz
joins me here on Fox AMP
friends:
coach, the presidential medal of
freedom, quite with an honor.
How do you feel
well? First of all I was
flabbergastedded.
I never expected it by any
stretch of the imagination,
once I was told I was going to
receive it. I first thought:
well is this politics
they assuredded me. It was not
what I was not aware of a young
lady by the name of Rachel who I
had maybe seen a couple times
went on a campaign to have this.
For me, unbelievable letters
from Nick saw Ban urban Meyer
as well as politicians, and I
said why.
Why me, you know.
First of all, I its not just
coaching its, not just
speeching, but also the chairty
work that my familys tried to
do.
The fact that ive traveled
thousands of miles all over the
world but im still im
humbled im grateful but id
had no idea. It was coming
im. Just sorry, my wife is not
with me because she would be
responsible for this award as
much as anybody
will. You said youre
flabbergasted, and you wondered
at first if it was politics.
What did you mean by that?
Well, because recently, ive
been involved in different
things,
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and anytime, you get involved.
Theres always been. Other
coaches theres only been two
other coaches that received it.
They tell me theres over a
thousand applications for this
award.
They gave me a copy of the
letters and recommendations that
various people wrote when it be
Trey Gowdy, John Ratcliffe. The
list goes on and on I just was
humbled,
and I say that you know you
dont expect this.
You dont do anything because
you expect an award or anything
else.
You try to do the right thing.
You try to do the best you can,
after being an officer in the
army and travel to Afghanistan,
Iraq, Korea, all over for the
troops just trying to support
em,
just believing in this country.
True to do what you feel right
and proper and honorable
once again, theres. So many more
people more deserving than me.
Why me
I dont know,
but I am grateful. I am
thankful,
but im also humbled pie.
Wt Wt, you brought up politics.
You spoke at the Remoney
National Convention
Republican National Convention,
Father John Jenkins of Noter
Dame put out a statement. He
said we Catholics should remind
ourselves. We may judge the moral
quality of others actions. We
must never question the sun.
Centiof anothers faith is at
issue.
I want to get your reaction to
what Father Jenkins had to saw.
First of all, im, not a
representative of Notre Dame
I dont speak for Notre Dame.
I think. Father Jenkins makes a
good point.
You have to be careful, you dont
criticize the performer or you
create size. The performance
from everything I understand
about Joe Biden, hes, a
wonderful young man-
I cant, understand or appreciate
whats in his heart.
All I do is go but action.
The fact that youre for
abortion in the third semester
of a pregnancy thats I have
to Blaum the priests and the
nuns that taught me
the fact that he wants to
declare war on our little
sisters from serving the elderly
people and the population. The
list goes on and on
Father Jenkins is right and Joe
Bidens right. I cant tell
whats in his heart, but I can
tell his actions are not in
accordance with Catholicism,
which im about
my oldest granddaughter was
adopted at birth by my oldest
daughter, who didnt happen to
have new children still cant,
but she graduated from college.
She graduated from law school.
She is practicing. Law are shes,
married and shes five months
pregnant
im, not saying you cant afford
it, or
will I gotcha
at least put it up for
adoption
will im sorry. I have to run
up against the Clock
College Football Hall of Fame
National Champion and now.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-08.