Ara Parseghian Quotes
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You're going to have disappointments. But how you handle those disappointments is the important thing for you and everybody that's around you. That's what I found from being not only a player but also a coach.
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I learned long ago not to tear into anyone for a mistake.
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On any play where there's a scramble of 22 men, blindside hits and unprotected hits on knees occur.
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After Notre Dame, what is there?
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To me, going for a tie means kicking the extra point for a tie instead of going for a two-point conversion to win.
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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.
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The game is not won by a pep talk on Saturday. It's won by preparation of your club from Monday until game time. If they're not ready on Saturday, you're not going to get them ready by trying to inspire them with a dog-eat-dog sermon on that day.
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External pressure I never worried about.
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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.
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I've been blessed in many ways, but none of the heights from football can ever compare to the depths you go through when you lose a child.
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I had grown up during a time when Notre Dame football was held in the highest esteem. I listened to all of the games on the radio.
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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.
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My mother was really courageous.
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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.
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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.
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As you move through life, it's not going to be a bright, sunshiny day every day.
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In my own opinion, psychology in football is far more important than anyone believes, including the coaches.
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Whether you like it or not, you're a national figure after five games at Notre Dame.
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I can't think of anything that's hit me harder in my life than when I learned that three of our youngest grandchildren were diagnosed with Niemann-Pick C.
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You are going to get knocked down, but you don't lie there. You get up and face the challenge.
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I say college football began with Rockne.
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I have been around football all of my life.
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I've missed the association with players and coaches but haven't missed the recruiting and the travel.
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Success in football is relative. If you take a job at a school that finished with a 1-9 record the year before, you're considered a good coach if you finish 5-5 in your first season. But what happens if you start with 8-2 or 9-1?