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" To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky. "
Lou Holtz
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" 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. "
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" God looks after children, animals and idiots. "
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" For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven. "
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" If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better. "
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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. "
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" I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team! "
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" If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today. "
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" I look like I have beriberi and scurvy. "
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" After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent. "
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" At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week. "
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" I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics. "
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" Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by. "
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" An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger. "
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" I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. "
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Us
" You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody. "
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You
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" Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed. We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me. "
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" ESPN is a great organization to work for. "
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" 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. "
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" Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. "
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" My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for. "
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" I just have an enthusiasm for life. "
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" All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them. "
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" 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. "
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" It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. "
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" 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. "
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" I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them. "
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" When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again. "
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