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" When all is said and done, more is said than done. "

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Do The Right Thing

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

" I have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some other coach in the future. "

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

" No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner. "

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

" If you made me the national commissioner of football, I'd tell you one thing that I would mandate. The second Saturday in September, we're going to have conference day. Everybody from the SEC plays a Big 12 team. Everybody from the Big Ten is going to play the ACC. Everybody from the Big East is going to play the Pac-10. "

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

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

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

" Football coaches don't have real problems. "

" One thing about me is I try to be honest. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" See, winners embrace hard work. "