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.

In Los Angeles, parenting is a competitive sport. From Beverly Hills baby boutiques to kids' yoga classes, L.A. fuses high style, industrial-strength materialism, and parental outsourcing into our own unique version of child-rearing.

No one calls me Belcalis except for my family, my mother, and my daddy.

I wish I could come home to a life that looks like a TV show. I wish I could see my television family waiting for me, where no one fights and no one screams, no one lies and no one leaves.

It's unfair to the hard-core stay-at-home moms to pretend you're able to have an amazing body by chasing around your kids.