Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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.
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.
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.
You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
No one has ever drowned in sweat.
Nothing on this earth is standing still. It's either growing or it's dying. No matter if it's a tree or a human being.
You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas any more.
If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.
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.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It's the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.
God looks after children, animals and idiots.
When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.
In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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!
Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: 'Boy, you are skinny, aren't you?' I said: 'Honey, I'd like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.'
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.
The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.
A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
See, winners embrace hard work.
How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
