“I grew up in the Chicago area, so I inevitably went to Notre Dame games. I’ve been to a lot of spring games—and a few regular-season games. I was probably the biggest fan of the family.”

               “Do you have a favorite Notre Dame tradition?”

“I remember very distinctly: regardless of whether the football team won or lost, the student section would always leave the game chanting, ‘We are ND.’ That’s a memory that never goes away.”