2008 Woodie Awards
Put me in coach! Rudy, the man, the myth, the legend
Robert Purtle
Issue date: 2/2/06 Section: News
Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!
Everyone has seen or heard of the movie "Rudy." Daniel Rudiger is Rudy's real name and when he is not selling insurance, he gives speeches to people everywhere telling them that they can do it.
On Wednesday, Rudy came to SHU and gave an inspirational speech on living your dream and not giving up no matter what gets in your way.
"Rudy" the movie was a true story about a boy who was told that he could never accomplish anything and would never make it at the college level, especially the college he wanted to go, the University of Notre Dame.
Rudy knew he could do it so he packed his bags, went to South Bend and accomplished his dream. He made the football team, and even got to play in one game. He eventually graduated with a degree from Notre Dame.
Some of the people expected to see Sean Austin who played Rudy in the movie but Rudiger came out and said "no I am not the hobbit."
He told a few stories about how he can walk anywhere and no one knows who he is but if Sean Austin walks in a room someone will yell out Rudy.
He doesn't mind that people do not recognize him, he just wants people to know his story and wants his story to show that if they have a dream they should live it and not listen to anyone that tsaysyou cant.
Rudiger explained why he went through with it and didn't let anyone get in his way. He said he thought to himself one day and said "why not me, why can't I go to Notre Dame and play football."
So he stuck with the saying, "just go get it." If you have a dream, you can live it, you just need to leave out the gossip, the goofy, and bad thoughts and you can accomplish anything.
He added that in order to live your dream, you need courage, determination, hope and most importantly, you need to visualize what you are going to do then do it.
Rudy had severe learning disabilities and could not take tests. He is an auditory learner and needed to take tests orally. He also had dyslexia, but that didn't stop him from doing what he needed to do.
Everyone has seen or heard of the movie "Rudy." Daniel Rudiger is Rudy's real name and when he is not selling insurance, he gives speeches to people everywhere telling them that they can do it.
On Wednesday, Rudy came to SHU and gave an inspirational speech on living your dream and not giving up no matter what gets in your way.
"Rudy" the movie was a true story about a boy who was told that he could never accomplish anything and would never make it at the college level, especially the college he wanted to go, the University of Notre Dame.
Rudy knew he could do it so he packed his bags, went to South Bend and accomplished his dream. He made the football team, and even got to play in one game. He eventually graduated with a degree from Notre Dame.
Some of the people expected to see Sean Austin who played Rudy in the movie but Rudiger came out and said "no I am not the hobbit."
He told a few stories about how he can walk anywhere and no one knows who he is but if Sean Austin walks in a room someone will yell out Rudy.
He doesn't mind that people do not recognize him, he just wants people to know his story and wants his story to show that if they have a dream they should live it and not listen to anyone that tsaysyou cant.
Rudiger explained why he went through with it and didn't let anyone get in his way. He said he thought to himself one day and said "why not me, why can't I go to Notre Dame and play football."
So he stuck with the saying, "just go get it." If you have a dream, you can live it, you just need to leave out the gossip, the goofy, and bad thoughts and you can accomplish anything.
He added that in order to live your dream, you need courage, determination, hope and most importantly, you need to visualize what you are going to do then do it.
Rudy had severe learning disabilities and could not take tests. He is an auditory learner and needed to take tests orally. He also had dyslexia, but that didn't stop him from doing what he needed to do.