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Carr beloved by fellow coaches

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Monday, November 19, 2007

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- It's not every day that you hear a football coach quoting an Irish poet. But Lloyd Carr of Michigan, who revealed the worst-kept secret in American sports Monday morning when he announced his retirement, was not an everyday coach. "Thirteen years ago, when I was named the head coach," Carr said, "I took as my guide the words of Pakenham Beatty. He said: By your own soul, learn to live. If some men thwart you, take no heed. If some men hate you, have no care. Sing your song ...

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