Talk:University of Notre Dame

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 * It didn't matter that there were actually two lakes there, ... It didn't matter that he had only $300 in his pocket. He had the gall, or the zeal, to call it not a school, or a college, but a university.
 * Theodore Hesburgh on Edward Sorin founding the University.


 * There has always been, for me, a beauty surrounding Notre Dame and her people so that if one had only this experience, with neither hope of heaven nor expectation of glory, it would be enough.
 * Rev. Robert Griffin, C.S.C.

Football

 * Let's win one for the Gipper.
 * Knute Rockne, University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach; imploring his team prior to a 1928 game against then-undefeated Army to win in honor of former Notre Dame halfback George "The Gipper" Gipp


 * First, Notre Dame has to lose.
 * Darrell Royal on how to win a national championship


 * You are what you are, folks, and right now you're a 6-5 football team. And guess what, that's just not good enough. That's not good enough for you, and it's certainly not going to be good enough for me. So, if you think they hired me here to go .500, you've got the wrong guy. But you are what you are. How fast or how well we get and how long it takes to get to the top, I'm not giving you those answers. I'm not going to predict that. But I can tell you this. You are going to have a hard-working, intelligent, nasty football team that goes on the field because the attitude of the head coach will be permeated through the players.
 * Charlie Weis head coach


 * There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose...There has been a surrender at Notre Dame, but it is a surrender to excellence on all fronts, and in this we hope to rise above ourselves with the help of God.
 * Theodore Hesburgh


 * My life has been full of rich and wonderful experiences. And standing near the top of the list is my long and honored association with the University of Notre Dame and its legendary hero Knute Rockne. So, I want you know the INF treaty and George Bush's election were important, but having the Fighting Irish win the national championship is in a class by itself.
 * Ronald Reagan


 * It is Notre Dame.
 * Charlie Weis, on why he chose Notre Dame over a head coaching job in the NFL.