Those who know Notre Dame, no explanation’s necessary. Those who don’t, no explanation will suffice.
In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
God answers prayers, but he doesn’t always answer it your way.
Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
Don’t let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times.
ESPN is a great organization to work for.
You always have to prepare for the obstacles that are going to come. Consequently, when they do come, it doesn’t affect you mentally near as much as when you’re unprepared for them.
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.
My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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.
The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
I’ll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
You can pay people to perform, but you can’t pay people to excel.
What’s important now? – To evaluate the past, focus on the future, and tell you what you have to do in the present.
You can’t motivate a group of people or a Team. You have to motivate people individually, and that motivation has to be in an environment in which that person has a goal – something they want to accomplish in their lives.
It’s the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.
Momentum is whatever your attitude determines it to be.
We are not going to win because you have a new head coach, any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver. We will win the minute all of us get rid of excuses as to why we can’t win and stop wallowing in self-pity.
Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.