[ Home | Get Access | Plagiarism | Terms ] User Name: Password: Title: Against All Odds Words: 2422 Against All Odds Since being a little kid in Joliet, Illinois, Rudy Reuttiger has only dreamed of doing one thing, playing in at least one Notre Dame football game. Rudy recalls that when he was a kid on Sunday mornings at church the priest "started every Mass with the Fighting Irish scores. I didn't even know Notre Dame was a school. I thought it was a place God sent football players to beat the Protestants" (Schneider 53). Rudy is first introduced to the “Fighting Irish” by his dad, who loved Notre Dame football and watched every game. Rudy comes from very humble circumstances; he was one of fourteen children, and his dad worked at a mill. Throughout his whole life, people told him that he couldn't accomplish his dream, because he was too small, standing at 5'6," an ... Get the full essay and 29,000 more samples by joining PaperNerd.com You must be registered and logged in to access this essay. Click here to register, or if you are already a member you can login now.