Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American coach Frank Leahy.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Francis William Leahy was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He served as the head football coach at Boston College from 1939 to 1940 and at the University of Notre Dame from 1941 to 1943 and again from 1946 to 1953, compiling a career college football record of 107โ13โ9. His winning percentage of .864 is the second best in NCAA Division I football history, trailing only that of fellow Notre Dame Fighting Irish coach, Knute Rockne, for whom Leahy played from 1928 to 1930. Leahy played on two Notre Dame teams that won national championships, in 1929 and 1930, and coached four more, in 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949. Leahy was also the athletic director at Notre Dame from 1947 until 1949 when he passed the role to the Fighting Irish basketball coach Moose Krause so that he could focus on football coaching. Leahy served as the general manager for the Los Angeles Chargers of the American Football League (AFL) during their inaugural season in 1960. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1970.
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
There are no shortcuts in life - only those we imagine.
Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score.
When the going gets tough, let the tough get going.
You've got to be tough to win.
The first and foremost requisite of a good football player is that he must have a burning desire to play the game. There is absolutely no substitute for this.
The person who properly disciplines himself to do those things that he does not especially care to do, becomes successful.
Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died.
You have to pay the price - but if you do you can only win.
A spoonful of humor makes the message go down easier.