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" 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. "

" I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. "

" 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. "

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

" My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. "

" Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes. "

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

" All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them. "

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

" How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart? "

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

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

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

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

" It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. "

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

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" Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down. "

" 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. I could have watched more film, that's for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn't play golf. "

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

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

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

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

" I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known. "

" You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance. "

" You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody. "

" Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference. "

" If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals. "