I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

Holtz frames ambition and personal excellence as a kind of spiritual mandate: if life is a gift from God, then wasting it on complacency is a moral failure. The line reflects the motivational ethos common in his coaching and speaking—urging people to set demanding goals, cultivate discipline, and resist settling for mediocrity. “Ordinary” here is less about fame than about passivity: living without purpose, growth, or service. The quote’s force comes from linking everyday effort to transcendent meaning, turning self-improvement into a vocation rather than a preference.