There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose... There has indeed been a surrender at Notre Dame, but it is a surrender to excellence on all fronts, and in this we hope to rise above ourselves with the help of God.


"The Facts Of The Matter," Sports Illustrated (1959-01-19), (online)

Theodore Hesburgh Quotes

There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose... There has indeed...

There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose... There has indeed...

There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose... There has indeed...

There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose... There has indeed...