I have been around football all of my life.
I came to Notre Dame to renew the winning tradition.
You get different philosophies in coaching, usually depending on what position the coach himself played.
Getting to the top of the mountain is a heck of a lot easier than staying there.
If you can hang in games by staying close defensively, then good things can happen.
I've been blessed in many ways, but none of the heights from football can ever compare to the depths you go through when you lose a child.
You learn early in athletics that you'll have ups and downs.
The best way I could describe it at Notre Dame was that I was accepted as a member of the family.
The 1973 team is real special. I had never coached against Bear Bryant. Alabama had never played Notre Dame. It was North against South; the Catholics against the Baptists; both teams were undefeated, and everything was on the line.
