I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression.
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We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin – and it’s gonna happen – confession puts us back on the field.
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I’m an old man, and all my life I’ve said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it’s a national school.
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The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously.
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No one has ever drowned in sweat.
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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you’re ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can’t fire you.
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We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
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Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.
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My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
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I won’t accept anything less than the best a player’s capable of doing… and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!
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You don’t go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
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I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn’t have put the desire in me.
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I’ve followed Notre Dame football since 1946, when I listened on the radio and Johnny Lujack tackled Doc Blanchard in the open field to preserve a 0-0 tie.
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I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age.
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Football coaches don’t have real problems.
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Don’t run if you can walk. Don’t walk if you can stand. Don’t stand if you can sit. Don’t sit if you can lie down.
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My wife doesn’t even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
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Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed.
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Everybody from the Big Ten is going to play the ACC. Everybody from the Big East is going to play the Pac-10.
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