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You learn early in athletics that you'll have ups and downs.

~Ara Parseghian

Topics: Athletics Downs Early Learn Ups Ups And Downs You

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When I make a fist, it's strong, and you can't tear it apart. As long as there's unity, there's strength.

~Ara Parseghian

Topics: Apart Fist Long Make Strength Strong Tear Unity You

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I don't make hasty, impulsive decisions.

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Topics: Decisions Hasty Impulsive Make

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You are going to get knocked down, but you don't lie there. You get up and face the challenge.

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Topics: Challenge Down Face Get Going Knocked Lie Up You

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You're going to have disappointments. But how you handle those disappointments is the important thing for you and everybody that's around you. That's what I found from being not only a player but also a coach.

~Ara Parseghian

Topics: Also Around Being Coach Disappointments Everybody Found Going Handle How Important Important Thing Only Player Thing Those You

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The harder you work, the less mistakes you make. The fewer mistakes you make, the better your chances of winning.

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Topics: Better Chances Fewer Harder Less Make Mistakes Winning Work You Your

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When you set these high expectations and goals, and they are demolished so early in the season, that has an effect on the psyche. It wears you down.

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Topics: Down Early Effect Expectations Goals High High Expectations Psyche Season Set Wears You

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I became a head football coach when I was 27 years old at Miami of Ohio.

~Ara Parseghian

Topics: Became Coach Football Football Coach Head Miami Ohio Old Years

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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

Topics: Any Compromised Dame Every Had Kind Left Major Never Notre Dame One Thing Probation Problems Proudest Rules School Thing Were

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One thing about Notre Dame, it's like a service academy in a lot of ways. There is a closeness.

~Ara Parseghian

Topics: About Academy Closeness Dame Like Lot Notre Dame One Thing Service Thing Ways

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: May 21st, 1923

Died: August 2nd, 2017

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