God has a plan for everybody's life, so there was obviously a reason why He wanted me to go to Notre Dame. Everything happens for a reason.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Notre Dame was my dream school growing up. But in recruiting, they had some other plans, what position they wanted me to play.
You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
When I left the University of Notre Dame, I honestly felt I would never coach again.
Growing up under the heavy hand of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, it was drummed into me that attending weekly mass was not an option. It was a must to avoid eternal damnation, which was not a prospect filled with many positives. Hell fire was perpetual, and no parole would be offered.
I don't see why I should be a dame for just doing what I always wanted to do.
I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
I'm an old man, and all my life I've said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it's a national school.
God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.
I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church.
The reason I went to an all-boys Catholic school was because they had the best football team. We won the state championship my junior year. It was super-competitive. We lost in the semifinals my senior year, and it still haunts me.