Lou gives #1 reason for the Irish Football decline and the key to its recovery = A supportive administration. Everything else flows from that.

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

Football coaches don't have real problems.

If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.

I've followed Notre Dame football since 1946, when I listened on the radio and Johnny Lujack tackled Doc Blanchard in the open field to preserve a 0-0 tie.

At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage.