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- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't give a damn what anybody says. I don't think at 70 and 75 that you can be as productive and efficient as you were when you were 40 or 50.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the reasons I never went into pro football was because I wanted my kids to grow up around an academic environment. And that's exactly what we did.
- Football Coach
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became a head football coach when I was 27 years old at Miami of Ohio.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
The burdens of being a head coach are different from being an assistant. If I had been an assistant coach for awhile, then become a head coach, I probably would have lasted longer.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's one thing: When I left Notre Dame, when I left every school, what I'm the proudest of is we never compromised the rules, never were on probation, never had any major problems of any kind.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money talks; there's no question about it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a terrific honor. To be associated with the number of people who represent the Cradle of Coaches, it's sort of unreal in a sense.
- College Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I say college football began with Rockne.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing about Notre Dame, it's like a service academy in a lot of ways. There is a closeness.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the unpredictable part, and that's what worries every coach: Protect the football. That's why, when you go into a ballgame, you may be favored, but there's no guarantee you're going to win it.
- Missed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've missed the association with players and coaches but haven't missed the recruiting and the travel.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a 52-year-old coach. But people don't realize I had 25 years as a head coach. Most coaches my age only had a few years as head coach. I had six years at Miami of Ohio, eight years at Northwestern, 11 at Notre Dame.
- Hasty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't make hasty, impulsive decisions.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
On any play where there's a scramble of 22 men, blindside hits and unprotected hits on knees occur.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned long ago not to tear into anyone for a mistake.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I drove into Notre Dame, getting ready for the first day of work. I had an electrical charge go up my back because I realized all of a sudden that I was responsible for the traditions that the Knute Rocknes and the Frank Leahys had set, and what Notre Dame stood for.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not true that I never left South Bend to recruit a player. It is true that I didn't leave very often.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you move through life, it's not going to be a bright, sunshiny day every day.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're going to have disappointments. But how you handle those disappointments is the important thing for you and everybody that's around you. That's what I found from being not only a player but also a coach.
- Miracle
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I was a miracle man. Neither were Lou Holtz or Frank Leahy. We all found ways to win.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Success in football is relative. If you take a job at a school that finished with a 1-9 record the year before, you're considered a good coach if you finish 5-5 in your first season. But what happens if you start with 8-2 or 9-1?
- Games
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether you like it or not, you're a national figure after five games at Notre Dame.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, going for a tie means kicking the extra point for a tie instead of going for a two-point conversion to win.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I coached at Northwestern for eight years, where the admission requirements were high.
- Loss
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember virtually everything about every loss. And the wins are hardly memorable.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was really courageous.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my own opinion, psychology in football is far more important than anyone believes, including the coaches.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
The game is not won by a pep talk on Saturday. It's won by preparation of your club from Monday until game time. If they're not ready on Saturday, you're not going to get them ready by trying to inspire them with a dog-eat-dog sermon on that day.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't think of anything that's hit me harder in my life than when I learned that three of our youngest grandchildren were diagnosed with Niemann-Pick C.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
External pressure I never worried about.
- Games
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had grown up during a time when Notre Dame football was held in the highest esteem. I listened to all of the games on the radio.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been around football all of my life.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I make a fist, it's strong, and you can't tear it apart. As long as there's unity, there's strength.
- Nov 07, 2020
I came to Notre Dame to renew the winning tradition.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
You get different philosophies in coaching, usually depending on what position the coach himself played.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
The harder you work, the less mistakes you make. The fewer mistakes you make, the better your chances of winning.
- Mountain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting to the top of the mountain is a heck of a lot easier than staying there.
- Good Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you can hang in games by staying close defensively, then good things can happen.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been blessed in many ways, but none of the heights from football can ever compare to the depths you go through when you lose a child.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
You are going to get knocked down, but you don't lie there. You get up and face the challenge.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020