Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bette Davis

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

I won't lie to you. Notre Dame is such a fun place to play. I loved every minute of it, uh, except for when we weren't making plays.

From what I've heard, they feel like they should have played a more 'worthy' opponent. Let's just say that some of their players, like Michael Robinson, said they wanted somebody ranked higher like maybe a Notre Dame or something like that.

I think it sends a message that Notre Dame is back in business. It gives them a little oomph going into next year.

Had he been healthy, he would have never come off the field for us. That's how talented this kid is. He's a Notre Dame kind of player.

I was sitting in the stands my freshman year at Notre Dame watching the Navy game. Navy ran the option, and I thought 'I can do that.' I figured I could walk on and run the scout team. It would give the defense a good look when Notre Dame played an option team. That inspired me to try out.

I have everything Notre Dame. If Notre Dame had underwear, I'd probably be wearing it.

I have everything Notre Dame, ... If Notre Dame had underwear, I'd probably be wearing it.

If we lose, you're going to see me sleeping in front of my locker. When you're No. 1, everybody wants to knock you off. It's not just the Notre Dame guys." ()

Pete Carroll

He'll forever be grateful for the opportunity in the Notre Dame game, to make the play that he had to make to set up the win, and to be part of the touchdown to win the game. That's a moment that you can only get maybe, if you're lucky, once in a lifetime. That was kind of a pivotal opportunity that Matt will never forget.

John Beilein

There is no difference between Notre Dame and the teams in the top of the league.

Alan Cumming

You'll see Dame Judi Dench in a Bond film, in Shakespeare and then starring in her own sitcom. You never see that here with Meryl Streep.

My favorite one that made me go 'wow' was the Notre Dame game when he shook off a tackle, hit the hole, jumped over the safety and took it to the house. That was wild.

We played Notre Dame well. It could have gone either way. After the first night, I was pretty pleased.

I think we had more maturity last year. We played in some tough games in Connecticut and Notre Dame and fought through them and won. It doesn't take us to lose to learn.

Lou Holtz

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.

Lou Holtz

Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.

We were sluggish and a little off-kilter for the entire game. But the Notre Dame kids deserve credit. They played very hard.

We really struggled offensively. We didn't have a flow. Notre Dame did a good job.

I saw a lot of good things in the Notre Dame game that I haven't seen since then. I'll take the heat for that. We'll keep stressing the fundamentals. Until we master them, it will be tough to do some of the other things I want to do.

Rachel Tucker

We used to have front-row seats for the Grand Opera House pantomime every year, and once the dame May McFettridge got me up on-stage.

Dick Cavett

Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

John Grant

Something big, ... is about to happen at Notre Dame.

Notre Dame was big and wanted to slow it down, and we just kind of jumped all over them.

Ray Anderson

Notre Dame is in his rearview mirror. We don't even talk about it. What we have talked about is the excitement of being at Washington.

There's some urgency. Then again, there's always some urgency when you're talking about Notre Dame football.

There's not as much of a tie between Stanford and Notre Dame as there was the past three years. It's just another game. It's not as much of a rivalry without him there.

Jerome Bettis

I guess they thought it was only fitting that on the road back to Detroit for everyone to wear Jerome's Notre Dame jersey.

I think Notre Dame definitely helped get us ready for these guys.

I didn't quite understand the Notre Dame deal. But obviously I have not been a student of the BCS.

I'll be real surprised if we have any Notre Dame tickets left Tuesday night.

Philip Larkin

One of the quainter quirks of life is that we shall never know who dies on the dame day as we do ourselves.

Miranda Richardson

And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna.