If he hadn't gotten those young women it would have been someone else.

Yes. I was the first female colonel. I enjoyed being that kind of role model for young women watching the show. A woman can be a colonel! A woman can be in charge! Those were new ideas then.

We really want to get rid of the stereotypes between the Notre Dame women and the Saint Mary's women. I haven't experienced [the tension] myself but some girls said they did, especially at Domerfest.

I need to live a long time to fulfil all the things I want to do.

I always tell people that my life is in pencil; I have to keep an eraser in my hand because I could always get a call that could change everything.

Aeroplane journeys give me quiet time to read and sleep; it's like being unplugged from the earth.