Lou Holtz

"At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage."

"Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated."

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

"I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on."

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

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

"I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in."

"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."

"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it."

"Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field."

"Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference."