The morning we left South Bend, every student and professor was out of bed long before breakfast and marched downtown accompanying the team to the railroad station. It was the first time I'd seen anything like this mass hysteria generated on the Notre Dame campus over a football game.

Courage means being afraid to do something, but still doing it.

At home we're the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrassed in front of our friends.

Generalities don't count and won't help you in football.

Leaders are like eagles... they don't flock. You'll find them one at a time.

Win or lose, do it fairly.

If the coach insists upon hard play, but clean play, the team will do likewise.