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

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

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

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

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

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

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

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

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

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

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

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

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

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

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

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!

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.

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.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

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

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

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

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

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

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

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.

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

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

See, winners embrace hard work.

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.

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

I give opinions, not advice.

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

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

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

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

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

I don't exercise.

I just have an enthusiasm for life.

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

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

In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.

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.

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

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