106 Quotes by Rudy Ruettiger

My friends always told me I was short, dumb and ugly. And you know what, I believed them. But when you change your friends, you change your attitude.

For a lot of people, I was a below-average guy who broke through a wall.

It's not an easy thing going to Hollywood and saying, 'Hey, make my movie.'

It's cool to have courage.

If you don't have anything to stand up for, you fall for everything.

You see, my movie isn't about football, or about Notre Dame. It's about hope, about the human spirit.

In life, you have to take advantage of what you've been given.

You've got to eliminate the confusion in your life. And eliminate the excuses.

The only reason I wanted to go to college was so I could go to Notre Dame, and so after I graduate from Notre Dame I could go to heaven.