You get different philosophies in coaching, usually depending on what position the coach himself played.

Success in football is relative. If you take a job at a school that finished with a 1-9 record the year before, you're considered a good coach if you finish 5-5 in your first season. But what happens if you start with 8-2 or 9-1?

When you set these high expectations and goals, and they are demolished so early in the season, that has an effect on the psyche. It wears you down.

I came to Notre Dame to renew the winning tradition.

Being a young parent, you can play cricket, football, and I can play chess with my son. In fact, he plays the piano better than I do.

I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going.

I'm a jock and I'm an athlete, and that's what I love to do.

If I can go compete with the young guys during training in the offseason, I should be fine during football.