“As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that’s all you would read about in the papers all over the country.”

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

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.

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

Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

If you made me the national commissioner of football, I’d tell you one thing that I would mandate.

When I didn’t collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.

I don’t think there’s been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.

We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word.

I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest.

I’m an old man, and all my life I’ve said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it’s a national school.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‘Rocky,’ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

My wife can’t cook at all. She made chocolate mousse. An antler got stuck in my throat.

I’m all about giving up-and-coming people a chance.

Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.