A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

Whether you like it or not, you're a national figure after five games at Notre Dame.

You know what it takes to win. Just look at my fist. When I make a fist, it's strong and you can't tear it apart. As long as there's unity, there's strength. We must become so close with the bonds of loyalty and sacrifice, so deep with the conviction of the sole purpose, that no one, no group, no thing, can ever tear us apart.