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Brady Quinn says it is easy to take criticism from Coach Charlie Weis because his mother has always been critical of him.
(AP)
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"My mom is someone [who's] always been pretty critical of me, more than anyone else, when I was growing up," Quinn said. "So it's been kind of easy for me to take criticism from Coach Weis."
Before last season, Quinn kept using the wrong footwork on a certain play during a practice. "This is why you're always going to be a 50 percent completion passer," Weis screamed at him. The message still motivates Quinn.
"He just always makes little comments like that that kind of stick with you," Quinn said.
When rumors surfaced about Quinn possibly leaving Notre Dame a year early for the NFL, his mother knew he would be staying at the school for his final season.
During his freshman and sophomore seasons, Quinn would go home to Ohio whenever he could, and he looked forward to his parents visiting more than he does now. These days, he'd rather hang out with his teammates at the house he shares with defensive back Chinedum Ndukwe, his friend since seventh grade. There's a fire pit in the yard, and they host cookouts and marshmallow roasts for teammates. A group of players traveled to New York to see safety Tom Zbikowski fight in a boxing match at Madison Square Garden.
When Robin Quinn hears how content her son is, she knows it's not the magazine covers, not the prospect of winning awards and not even the games that brought him back to Notre Dame for his senior year.
"I honestly think, just watching him mature last year and this year, it's the camaraderie," she said. "It's how close he's gotten to these guys. It's like the brothers that Brady doesn't have. It's that brotherhood he's found. Knowing that he is fine when he doesn't come home now.
"It's just going to be a wonderful, exciting year."
