Notre Dame Fighting Irish College Football Postgame Quote, 01/09/2025

On his game-winning field goal:

We were going down there driving. I was getting prepared to go out there and kick. They had the ball through the interception. That’s really when it was like, ‚Äòalright, it’s going to come down to a kick. Let’s go make it.‚Äô So, I was able to go out there and I was happy to execute.

On overcoming adversity during the season:

Coach Freeman talks a lot about delayed gratification. He’s been talking like that all the way back to week two, when the NIU game happened. So it’s kind of been my mindset going through an injury, having the delayed gratification now to be able to come out and give our team a chance to go win a national championship.‚Äù   

On his confidence level:

Every kick is different, right? So next week I’m going to go out and go through my same process as I did this week, as I did last week, as I’ve done every single week this season. It’s nice to go out there and make kicks and have confidence but every kick is different. I’m going to go out there and prepare the same way for every single one.