“In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges.”

Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.

When I die, and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be.

My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.

Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.

Football coaches don’t have real problems.

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.

A lifetime contract for a coach means if you’re ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can’t fire you.

If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.

I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country was Catholic, because that’s all I ever was associated with.

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

I give opinions, not advice.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.

I’m so old, I don’t buy green bananas any more.

Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

There are the people that are like, “I want it to sound like the last one.” You can’t please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?

Everybody loves a good Christmas song if you do it right.

You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.

In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.

Everybody takes at least 20, so even if you see a good selfie, it probably wasn’t the first one. So my tip is to just not take it too seriously and have fun.

Work harder than everybody. You’re not going to get it by whining, and you’re not going to get it by shouting, and you’re not going to get it by quitting. You’re going to get it by being there.

We can’t help everybody. You can’t keep everyone alive.