After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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.
I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression.
I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
I've followed Notre Dame football since 1946, when I listened on the radio and Johnny Lujack tackled Doc Blanchard in the open field to preserve a 0-0 tie.
I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.
The University of Notre Dame does not redshirt, and I endorse that policy completely. I am very much in favor of redshirting, but not at Notre Dame. But there's no doubt about it. It puts us at a huge disadvantage.
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.
When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.
I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.
No one has ever drowned in sweat.
Nothing on this earth is standing still. It's either growing or it's dying. No matter if it's a tree or a human being.
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
See, winners embrace hard work.
I just have an enthusiasm for life.
