A biography for Rudy Ruettigerhasn’t been written yet.
“I quit hanging around people who made me feel bad.”
“Give kids the chance to be champions.”
“God has a funny way of giving you the answer when you get your mind away from goofy things.”
“I listened to people who encouraged me and believed in me.”
“Dreams are good.”
“I was always the underdog. See, I'd fight guys bigger than me. In boxing, it's not how good you are; it's how tough you are.”
“I want to help people be positive.”
“At Notre Dame, even my statistics teacher wanted me to win.”
“Big dreams bring all sorts of challenges. To meet them, you have to have character, courage and a commitment to contribute to your community.”
“You got to learn to change your thoughts. Everybody can do it.”
“Nothing's impossible.”
“People didn't understand my passion. I dreamt big. I saw myself playing at Notre Dame. I saw myself in a classroom.”
“I was inspired by self-help books.”
“How could God give me a dream, a dream of going to Notre Dame, a dream of becoming somebody, and I'm a dummy, I'm nobody.”
“I was a great practice player. I knew I wasn't going to play, but I wanted to do my part in helping the rest of the team prepare for the games.”
“If you have a dream, you can achieve it. You just have to know how to get there.”
“My story was not a football story. My story was more about going against the odds of what life was handing me.”
“You don't die with a good message.”
“You can do anything in 10 minutes.”
“There are two kinds of people. There are the ones who believe in your dreams and there are the ones who think it's their job to crush those dreams.”