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I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.

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 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.

Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.

There is nothin' like a dame.

I don't see why I should be a dame for just doing what I always wanted to do.

Notre Dame was my dream school growing up. But in recruiting, they had some other plans, what position they wanted me to play.

I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.

You have to be equal at both - great at football and great at dedicating yourself to the academics at Notre Dame. It's hard. There are no rooty-toot classes for athletes in South Bend.

If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who's been successful at another college program, they're going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.