"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."
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Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., "The Facts Of The Matter," Sports Illustrated (1959-01-19), http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1070047/1/index.htm
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