One thing about Notre Dame, it's like a service academy in a lot of ways. There is a closeness. Ara Parseghian More Quotes by Ara Parseghian More Quotes From Ara Parseghian 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. Ara Parseghian sacrificeloyaltystrong A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are. Ara Parseghian teamworkmotivationalsports Whether you like it or not, you're a national figure after five games at Notre Dame. Ara Parseghian damesnflgames The harder you work, the less mistakes you make. The fewer mistakes you make, the better your chances of winning. Ara Parseghian mistakesyouwinningwork The 1973 team is real special. I had never coached against Bear Bryant. Alabama had never played Notre Dame. It was North against South; the Catholics against the Baptists; both teams were undefeated, and everything was on the line. Ara Parseghian neverteamrealspecial Getting to the top of the mountain is a heck of a lot easier than staying there. Ara Parseghian thantopstayingmountain You are going to get knocked down, but you don't lie there. You get up and face the challenge. Ara Parseghian challengefacelieyou After Notre Dame, what is there? Ara Parseghian dameafternotre-dame I say college football began with Rockne. Ara Parseghian saycollege-footballcollegefootball I don't make hasty, impulsive decisions. Ara Parseghian decisionsmakeimpulsivehasty I remember virtually everything about every loss. And the wins are hardly memorable. Ara Parseghian everythinglossmemorableremember 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. Ara Parseghian givethinkyoudamn My kids grew up here. My son and daughter both went to Notre Dame. Ara Parseghian hereupdaughterson 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. Ara Parseghian growneverenvironmentfootball I became a head football coach when I was 27 years old at Miami of Ohio. Ara Parseghian headoldmiamifootball 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. Ara Parseghian headbecomebeingdifferent That's one thing: When I left Notre Dame, when I left every school, what I'm the proudest of is we never compromised the rules, never were on probation, never had any major problems of any kind. Ara Parseghian rulesproblemsneverschool Money talks; there's no question about it. Ara Parseghian talksquestionaboutmoney 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. Ara Parseghian sensewhohonorpeople 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. Ara Parseghian gowinyoufootball
