Step off the page and onto the sidelines!
For the first time, you can hear Pray Like a Champion Today in the voices of the people who live it. Football team chaplain, Fr. Nate Wills, CSC, brings you inside Notre Dame Stadium with the same energy that echoes through the tunnel before kickoff, and Head Coach Marcus Freeman opens the book with a personal foreword, read in his own voice.
This isn't just a book about faith and football. It's a front-row seat to the walk to the stadium, the locker room before the whistle blows, and the quiet moments of prayer that happen when the cameras look away. Whether you're on your commute, at the gym, or lacing up for your own morning run, you can carry the Fighting Irish's rallying cry with you.
Listen to a Sample from Marcus Freeman's Foreword
Have you read the paperback?
Some things you carry with you. Others you sit with.
The paperback edition puts Fr. Nate's story in your hands. Full-color photos from the sidelines, the locker room, and the walk to the stadium, plus links to highlight videos that let you watch the moments he's describing. It's a book built to be flipped through on a Sunday afternoon, passed to your kid before their own game, or left on the coffee table for the next person who needs reminding to "choose hard."
Perfect for the Irish fan, the parent looking for a faith conversation that doesn't sound like a lecture, or anyone who needs the reminder that showing up and persevering are the same discipline. On or off the field, it's a story about what it means to play and pray like a champion.
Meet the Authors
Fr. Nate, CSC
Marcus Freeman
