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I've just never really gotten caught up in what people think about me, because I can't control that.

I have always advocated for funding and programs that increase our productivity and competitiveness.

You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.

Those who know Notre Dame, no explanation’s necessary. Those who don’t, no explanation will suffice.

A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.

I'm trying to decide whether to be happy or sad. We have to be better than this or we will struggle.

Absolutely everything undergoes evolvement - whether it's technology, journalism, the NFL, medicine.

I'm a thin-crust pizza guy. I respect people who like thick crust, but in my view it's mostly bread.

There's nothing balanced about the 50 percent run, 50 percent pass because that's 50 percent stupid.

Playing someone difficult is tough and can be discouraging, but if you beat them the payoff is huge!

I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.

You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.

A boy needs a male figure, and the girls do, too. Somebody to discipline them and make them be a man.

I just look back at my entire life. You know, my faith. I knew that I was where I was supposed to be.

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

I don't know if there ever has been anyone in the NFL who plays his position as well as Steve Tasker.

I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that's not necessarily right.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.

Some people wouldn't say I coached in the National Football League. I coached with the Raiders, right?

Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.

I did a lot of studying of great writers. I read that Hemingway rewrote 'The Sun Also Rises' 39 times.

Somehow, I went from being too young, to being too old. Somewhere in there I must have been just right.

He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words.

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

In recruiting, you talk about anything and everything a recruit wants to talk about that seems relevant.

You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.

In the end what matters is, do you develop your team, do you win games and do you graduate your players.

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

I think a guy like Saquon Barkley is a very special back, and where the was drafted was very appropriate.

I've never taken a cooking class. I've never gone to a cooking show. I've never read a recipe in my life.

I've had people say things to me like, 'Don't change.' I don't know how to be anything other than myself.

I love to see my records broken, I really do, you get a chance to relive your life, the whole experience.

I don't want a player that's content with not playing... But we wanted to play the guys that got us here.

Brandon Wegher left camp to deal with some personal things. We hope he can return in the very near future

I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.

The Pope is 77 years old and he's in charge of a billion people. All I have to do is put 11 on the field.

When I was coaching, I wasn't worried about what I was making. I was worried about winning a championship.

I'll tell you what - if you attend a Cowboy-Redskins game, you better not leave 'til that clock hits zero.

I'm usually pretty reserved, but I really couldn't hold myself in because I was so excited for these guys.

My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.

The thing that I want to do, the most important thing to me is winning. How we do it, I really don't care.

The difference nowadays is that when I go on vacation I work some of the time rather than all of the time.

A leader or mentor gives credit to others when things go right, and accepts the blame when things go wrong.

You have to convince your players that the only reason a play failed was that they didn't execute properly.

When I go after something, I go after it hard. It has always been that way. I don't know. It's in my blood.

The thing that drives most coaches out of coaching in college is they get tired of the grind of recruiting.

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