Notre Dame Football Quotes

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Theodore Hesburgh

Love, Inspirational, Funny

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One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

Knute Rockne

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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.

Lou Holtz

People, Goal, Effort

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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

Lou Holtz

People, Three, Care

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Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

"Donald Trump’s Concession Speech" by Noam Bramson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 02, 2016.

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Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

Bear Bryant

College, Dames, Alabama

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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Volleyball, Football

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There are two kinds of people in the world, Notre Dame lovers and Notre Dame haters. And, quite frankly, they're both a pain in the ass.

Dan Devine

Football, Pain, College

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Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

Knute Rockne

Sports, Football, Strong

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Yes, I know that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks, too. But we're gonna fool them.

Knute Rockne

Football, Strong, College

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Let's win one for the Gipper.

Knute Rockne

Sports, Football, Winning

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There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and non-observers.

John Steinbeck

Football, Two, People

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Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.

Ralph Jordan

Football, Motivational Sports, College

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Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died.

Frank Leahy

Football, College, Practice

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A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

Vince Lombardi

Football, Motivational Sports, School

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I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.

Knute Rockne

Football, Prayer, Player

"Text of Bush's Notre Dame speech". edition.cnn.com. May 20, 2001.

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The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.

Knute Rockne

Leadership, Football, College

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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.

Knute Rockne

Motivational, Teamwork, Play

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All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.

Lou Holtz

Teamwork, Sports, Business

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Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser.

George Steinbrenner

Football, Mean, Winning

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On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going to forget we visited them.

Knute Rockne

Motivational, Sports, Play

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The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Theodore Hesburgh

Leadership, Business, Blow

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You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Theodore Hesburgh

Leadership, Blow, Common Vision

Interview with Philip Scarpino, tobiascenter.iu.edu. January 6, 2009.

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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

Lou Holtz

Motivational, Basketball, Teamwork

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