Sports
Main article: List of University of Notre Dame athletes See also: Notre Dame Fighting IrishAlthough Notre Dame is highly ranked academically, it is also strong in athletics, producing a large number of athletes. Over 400 students have gone on to play professional American football in the National Football League, American Football League, or the All-America Football Conference, including recent graduates, like Brady Quinn and Pro Football Hall of Famers like Joe Montana. Additionally, Notre Dame had had 47 former students inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, including football pioneer Knute Rockne. In addition to football, Notre Dame has had a number of athletes go professional in basketball, like Women's National Basketball Association member Megan Duffy, in baseball, like National Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, and in other sports. Notre Dame has also produced a number of Olympians, including current student Mariel Zagunis.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn,
Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn;
Amidst thy bowers the tyrant’s hand is seen,
And desolation saddens all thy green;
One only master grasps the whole domain,
And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain;”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)