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Almost every day I hear from one of the millions of people who have been inspired by Rudy<\/em><\/a>, the hit movie about how my unlikely dream of playing football for Notre Dame came true.<\/p>\n

So many times I\u2019d been told no. They said I wasn\u2019t bright enough to go to an elite school and that I was way too small\u2014at 5 feet 6 inches\u2014to make the team, let alone play a single down. But I persisted. I made the team (the practice squad, anyway) and in my senior year, in the final seconds of the last game, the coach put me in. With everything I had in me, I blew past the lineman and sacked the quarterback. My teammates hoisted me onto their shoulders and carried me off the field. Like a scene out of a movie.<\/p>\n

But it took 16 years, countless letters and prayers, and even a few trips to L.A. before I was able to get anyone in Hollywood to see it that way and even then, if it hadn\u2019t been for another movie, Rudy<\/em> might never have been made. That movie was Hoosiers<\/em><\/a>. Maybe you\u2019ve seen it.<\/p>\n

I saw Hoosiers<\/em> when it came out, in 1986. I still remember being enthralled by the true story of a tiny Indiana high school, barely able to field a basketball team, and the troubled first-year coach who was nearly fired during the season. Against all odds they came together to win the state championship. The audience cheered when the winning basket went in, and I couldn\u2019t help thinking that my story had all the same ingredients. But I\u2019d mailed dozens of pitches to Hollywood studios over the years and all I had to show for it was a thick folder of rejection letters. As the closing credits crawled by I noted that the screenplay had been written by Angelo Pizzo. If only I could tell my story to someone like that<\/em>, I thought. He would understand<\/em>.<\/p>\n

By the late eighties Notre Dame football was on the rise again, with a new coach. I moved back to South Bend, where I was district manager for an insurance company. I told my story to everyone I met. I felt certain God had been with me on the field that day, that he wanted me to share my experience of how far a little guy can go with faith and determination.<\/p>\n

Still, sometimes I felt I was destined to be only a bit of Notre Dame trivia. I couldn\u2019t even get anyone at the university to listen to my idea for the film. \u201cWell, we already have a movie,\u201d Father Beauchamp, the executive vice president, said when I first met him. \u201cI appreciate your enthusiasm, but it\u2019s pretty hard to top the Knute Rockne story.\u201d<\/p>\n

From time to time I would see him around campus, but there was never any swaying him. The Irish were again vying for national championships. No one, except for me, was thinking about a long-forgotten quarterback sack. Still, I couldn\u2019t give up.<\/p>\n

Then, in 1990, I finally got a break. Someone I met got me a lunch meeting with Angelo Pizzo in California. The answer to my most fervent prayers, right?<\/p>\n

Not exactly. All he could tell me was how hard it was to get any movie made, how no one would be interested in my picture. Two years later I hadn\u2019t heard another word from him.<\/p>\n

Then, one Friday afternoon in 1992, the phone rang. I recognized the voice instantly. Angelo Pizzo.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, Rudy,\u201d he said, like we were old friends. \u201cDo you have a lawyer?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lawyer?\u201d I said. \u201cWhy would I need a lawyer?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve talked to a producer and he really wants to make your movie,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019d like to get the contract squared away ASAP. Can you arrange for David Anspaugh and me to meet with the folks at Notre Dame on Monday?\u201d<\/p>\n

My mind was racing. David Anspaugh! He\u2019d directed Hoosiers<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s great,\u201d I said. \u201cBut\u2026uh\u2026it\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve talked to anyone at the university about this. I gotta make sure they\u2019re on board.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dead silence. Then he said, \u201cDavid and I are going to be there Monday morning. Things are moving fast. We can\u2019t afford any complications, Rudy.\u201d<\/p>\n

I hung up the phone. This was the moment I\u2019d dreamed of, but my stomach was churning. How on earth was I going to get Father\u2019s blessing?<\/p>\n

I raced over to the administration building, past his startled secretary and into Father Beauchamp\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cRudy!\u201d Father said. \u201cWhat can I do for you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA writer from Hollywood, Angelo Pizzo, called,\u201d I said, trying to catch my breath. \u201cHe wants to make my movie. He and his partner, David Anspaugh, want to meet with you Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n

His face grew serious. \u201cRudy, this is very short notice. And you know we\u2019ve talked about this before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I\u2019m asking, Father, is that you meet with them,\u201d I pleaded.<\/p>\n

He sighed. \u201cAll right,\u201d he said, shaking his head. \u201cAs a favor to you, Rudy. But I\u2019m not promising anything.\u201d He carefully wrote down their names in his appointment calendar for 9:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

I left his office and walked across campus toward the stadium, the place where I had found so much inspiration over the years. When I got back to the office I called Angelo and told him Father would meet with us. I didn\u2019t tell him what else he had said.<\/p>\n

That weekend was the longest of my life. I went to the gym, but I was so distracted I barely got through my workout. I had always believed that if I pushed hard enough and prayed hard enough I could achieve anything I set my heart on. That\u2019s what I thought those few memorable seconds on the field had shown me. But I\u2019d done everything I knew to get this movie made\u2014for 16 long years. I\u2019d prayed about it I don\u2019t know how many times. Now it was up to God. \u201cLord,\u201d I whispered, \u201cif this is your will I need your help.\u201d But as I prayed\u2014even Sunday at Mass at the Basilica\u2014I still couldn\u2019t stop worrying about my meeting in a few hours.<\/p>\n

Monday morning I met Angelo and David at the administration building, my stomach twisting tighter. Once we got into Father\u2019s office I hoped they might somehow be able to convince him.<\/p>\n

\"\"His secretary told us we would go in shortly. I gazed around the room filled with books and paintings, history and grandeur. I wanted to melt into the thick carpet.<\/p>\n

When Father opened his door to welcome us in, I stayed back. I\u2019d said everything I could. It was Angelo and David\u2019s meeting. All I could do now was keep praying. Every once in a while I lifted my eyes to see if I could discern from the secretary what Father\u2019s answer would be. Ten minutes passed\u202615\u202620. Then the door opened.<\/p>\n

Father strode out carrying a book of Notre Dame history. He opened up to a spread showing the gleaming Golden Dome. \u201cAngelo, do you think you could make the Dome shine like this on the silver screen?\u201d he said. At that moment I knew. He\u2019d said yes! We were going to make the movie! My movie! I hugged Angelo and David. Father told us to go meet with the head of public relations.<\/p>\n

As we walked out I asked Angelo, \u201cHow did you do it? How did you make that happen?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRudy, you\u2019re not going to believe it. Father told us that last night a family invited him over for dinner and afterward they suggested watching a movie. He said it was one of the most inspiring movies he\u2019d ever seen. Guess what it was? Hoosiers<\/em>! And when he looked to see who made it, he thought, \u2018That\u2019s who I\u2019m meeting tomorrow!\u2019 He told us it was an honor to have us here. And probably no coincidence. He offered his assistance with anything we needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Things moved fast after that. Father was true to his word. I even got a part in one of the crowd scenes. That\u2019s me cheering at that last game, in back of the actor playing my father.<\/p>\n

I learned a lot about what goes into making a movie. But the most important lesson I learned: When you trust God\u2019s direction, dreams do come true. Even in Hollywood. <\/p>\n

Read more true inspirational stories<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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