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" I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you. "

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" I just have an enthusiasm for life. "

" ESPN is a great organization to work for. "

" I don't exercise. "

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

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

" I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it. "

" I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go. "

" 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. "

" I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them. "

" In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be. "

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

" If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him. "

" Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something. "

" In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities. "

" 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. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it. "

" We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime. "

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

" Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated. "

" All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey. "

" I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. "

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" I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did. "

" My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for. "

" I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them. "

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

" 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. "

" We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. 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.' "

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

" I give opinions, not advice. "

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

" If 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. "