In 1999, I got fired as coach of New England. In three years in New England, we actually did better than most people think. We were 27-21, won the AFC division title, went to the playoffs twice.

Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.

New England oysters are better than Chesapeake. But Chesapeake blue crabs are unbeatable.

[After orchestrating an attack that helped the New England Patriots win three of the past four Super Bowls, first-year Notre Dame head coach Weis has molded the Irish's offense into the nation's ninth-ranked unit (504.2 yards per game).] It definitely has his mark all over it, ... What they did at New England is what they're doing at Notre Dame.

Here in New England, the character is strong and unshakable.

Continuity is one of the things I like about New England.