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After Notre Dame, what is there?

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.

My kids grew up here. My son and daughter both went to Notre Dame.

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.

I became a head football coach when I was 27 years old at Miami of Ohio.

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.

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 talks; there's no question about it.

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.

I say college football began with Rockne.

One thing about Notre Dame, it's like a service academy in a lot of ways. There is a closeness.

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.

I've missed the association with players and coaches but haven't missed the recruiting and the travel.

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...

I don't make hasty, impulsive decisions.

On any play where there's a scramble of 22 men, blindside hits and unprotected hits on knees occur.

I learned long ago not to tear into anyone for a mistake.

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...

It's not true that I never left South Bend to recruit a player. It is true that I didn't leave very often.

As you move through life, it's not going to be a bright, sunshiny day every day.

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