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

When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn’t even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

I am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there’s no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage.

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn’t make your house look any better.

At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of ‘Sports Illustrated.’ I’m on the cover with the blurb, ‘Can Lou Do It?’ I’d just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week’s coverage.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

I have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some other coach in the future.

When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.

See, winners embrace hard work.

I’m proud to be part of the Dr. Pepper Scholarship Giveaway. It’s a great program that gives me the chance to brighten the day for some lucky college students with free tuition.

My wife looked at me and said: ‘Boy, you are skinny, aren’t you?’ I said: ‘Honey, I’d like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.’

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Thankfully, I’m lucky enough to be able to eat ice cream.

I’m a nobody telling everybody about Somebody who can save anybody.

I try to be open with everybody, try to make everybody feel welcome and make them feel like, hey, I’m an easy person to talk to, get along with.

Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

And I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.

I’ve started to realize that what I say and do does affect everybody around us.

Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.