I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course.
LOU HOLTZIf you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who’s been successful at another college program, they’re going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.
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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.
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The second Saturday in September, we’re going to have conference day. Everybody from the SEC plays a Big 12 team.
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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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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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Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely.
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On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn’t make your house look any better.
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You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.
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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges.
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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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