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

First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop

You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something, you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.

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.

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!

For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You’ve got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can’t really achieve anything great without the help of others.