Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.

Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes.

If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.

The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn't allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.

I'm an old man, and all my life I've said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it's a national school.

If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.