1. “Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win.”
2. “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
3. “The difference between good and great is attention to detail.”
4. “Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere in between reality lies.”
5. “When all is said and done, more is said than done.”
6. “Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
7. “In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!”
8. “I’ve never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.”
9. “Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.”
10. “Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”
11. “We can’t always control what happens, but we can control how we respond.”
12. “You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with them.”
13. “Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.”
14. “You have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it.”
15. “Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care, and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.”
16. “If you burn your neighbor’s house down, it doesn’t make your house look any better.”
17. “How you handle failure determines what happens in your life.”
18. “Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.”
19. “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
20. “Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.”
21. “If you’re bored with life, if you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don’t have enough goals.”
22. “Great teams have great leaders.”
23. “You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.”
24. “For victory in life, we’ve got to keep focused on the goal, and understand that there are some bumps and some bruises.”
25. “Playing safe is the riskiest thing you can do.”
26. “You fail majorly in life when you fail to prepare.”
27. “When you sign to play football at Notre Dame, you sign a contract with yourself. You understand the expectations and the responsibility.”
28. “The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.”
29. “Give your best shot every single day because either you win or you learn.”
30. “Practice shouldn’t be easier than the game.”
31. “Motivation doesn’t last, neither does a bath. That’s why we need both daily.”
32. “I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.”
33. “I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.”
34. “There is never an easy way to outreach your potential.”
35. “Setbacks are part of the journey to greatness.”
36. “You don’t need to be a genius to motivate people.”
37. “Champions are those who can handle pressure.”
38. “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
39. “It’s not who you are, it’s who wants to learn.”
40. “You have to have a reason in order to sustain a season.”
41. “Success doesn’t come easy, but it’s worth the effort.”
42. “Coaching is not a job, it’s a responsibility.”
43. “Confidence comes from preparation.”
44. “We are all born with greatness, but it takes courage to live it.”
45. “Don’t go through life, grow through life.”
46. “Success is like anything worthwhile. It has a price. You must pay the price to win and you must pay the price to get to the point where success is possible.”
47. “Know you can do better, and be willing to improve.”
48. “In football and in life, risk is an unavoidable element.”
49. “Every obstacle is a stepping stone to your success.”
50. “True success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the resistance you overcome.”
