Fortune: You're 5 foot nothin', 100 and nothin', and you have barely a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for 2 years. And you're gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University...
Steele: Rudy,are you ready for this, champ? Rudy: I've been ready for this my whole life! Steele: Then you take us out on the field.
Pete: Well, you know what my dad always said, Having dreams is what makes life tolerable.
Father Cavanaugh: [in church] Taking your appeal to a higher authority? Rudy: I'm desperate. If I don't get in next semester, it's over. Notre Dame doesn't accept senior transfers. Father Cavanaugh: Well, you've done a hell of a job kid, chasing down...
Rudy: We're gonna go inside, we're gonna go outside, inside and outside. We're gonna get 'em on the run boys and once we get 'em on the run we're gonna keep 'em on the run. And then we're gonna go go go go go go and we're not gonna stop til we get ac...
D-Bob: Who's the wild man now?
Father Cavanaugh: Son, in 35 years of religious study, I have only come up with two hard incontrovertible facts: there is a God, and I'm not Him.
Dan Devine: No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around.
Dan Devine: You already know this but this is the most important game of your lives, no excuses do the work. Our lady of victory [all] Dan Devine: PRAY FOR US.
D-Bob: We've had a hell of a goddamn run haven't we?
Rudy: Mary, Mary quite contrary. What makes your garden grow?
D-Bob: Remember Elza? She's my girl now. We're engaged. Ain't that goddamn something? Elza: Dennis! D-Bob: Oh yeah, I ain't allowed to say "goddamn" no more.
Rudy: You're the only one who ever took me seriously, Pete.
D-Bob: What's a lapsed Catholic to do?
Frank: As long as my brother talks this crazy Notre Dame shit, he deserves anything that comes his way!
Rudy: This entire year's been a waste! I've just blown another year of eligibility!
Fortune: You got your head so far up your ass about that damn football team, you don't get the fact that you just got a year of top quality education! Waste? Quit wasting my time!
Daniel: You're a Ruettiger! There's nothing in the world wrong with being a Ruettiger!
