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

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" 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. "

" 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'm no genius. "

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

" I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years. "

" To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky. "

" 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. "

" When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me. "

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

" I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make. "

" Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude. "

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

" I just have an enthusiasm for life. "

" The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. "

" Football coaches don't have real problems. "

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

" On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job. "

" The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn't allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability. "

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

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

" I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for. "

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