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" One thing about Notre Dame, it's like a service academy in a lot of ways. There is a closeness. "

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" I learned long ago not to tear into anyone for a mistake. "

" The harder you work, the less mistakes you make. The fewer mistakes you make, the better your chances of winning. "

" When I make a fist, it's strong, and you can't tear it apart. As long as there's unity, there's strength. "

" That's one thing: When I left Notre Dame, when I left every school, what I'm the proudest of is we never compromised the rules, never were on probation, never had any major problems of any kind. "

" It's a terrific honor. To be associated with the number of people who represent the Cradle of Coaches, it's sort of unreal in a sense. "

" You learn early in athletics that you'll have ups and downs. "

" After Notre Dame, what is there? "

" My kids grew up here. My son and daughter both went to Notre Dame. "

" I don't make hasty, impulsive decisions. "

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" That's the unpredictable part, and that's what worries every coach: Protect the football. That's why, when you go into a ballgame, you may be favored, but there's no guarantee you're going to win it. "

" I've missed the association with players and coaches but haven't missed the recruiting and the travel. "

" Money talks; there's no question about it. "

" I was a 52-year-old coach. But people don't realize I had 25 years as a head coach. Most coaches my age only had a few years as head coach. I had six years at Miami of Ohio, eight years at Northwestern, 11 at Notre Dame. "

" You are going to get knocked down, but you don't lie there. You get up and face the challenge. "

" One of the reasons I never went into pro football was because I wanted my kids to grow up around an academic environment. And that's exactly what we did. "

" When you set these high expectations and goals, and they are demolished so early in the season, that has an effect on the psyche. It wears you down. "

" I don't give a damn what anybody says. I don't think at 70 and 75 that you can be as productive and efficient as you were when you were 40 or 50. "

" The burdens of being a head coach are different from being an assistant. If I had been an assistant coach for awhile, then become a head coach, I probably would have lasted longer. "

" Getting to the top of the mountain is a heck of a lot easier than staying there. "

" I have been around football all of my life. "

" I became a head football coach when I was 27 years old at Miami of Ohio. "