Knute Rockne Quotes

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One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

- Knute Rockne

Sports, Better, Hundred, Practicing

Win or lose, do it fairly.

- Knute Rockne

Win, Lose, Fairly, Win Or Lose

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.

- Knute Rockne

Responsibility, His, Placed, Reliance

At home we're the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrased in front of our friends.

- Knute Rockne

Never, Idea, Being, Hosts

On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going to forget we visited them.

- Knute Rockne

Road, Play, Forget, Guests

Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes.

- Knute Rockne

Average, More, Almost, Breed

If I flop, let 'em pan me.

- Knute Rockne

Me, Pan, Flop

The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.

- Knute Rockne

Execution, Tackling, Based, Blocking

I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.

- Knute Rockne

Work, Big, Found, Prayers

It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.

- Knute Rockne

Good, See, Necessary, Tackle

There is no need for me continuing unless I'm able to improve.

- Knute Rockne

Improve, Need, Unless, Continuing

Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm.

- Knute Rockne

Winning, Falling, Often, Disastrous

When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something.

- Knute Rockne

Most, Likely, Were, Missing

The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.

- Knute Rockne

Work, Play, More, Eleven

Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.

- Knute Rockne

Sip, Third, Skip, Slowly

One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.

- Knute Rockne

Soul, Loss, Too, Losses

We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.

- Knute Rockne

Genius, Geniuses, Infinite, Taking

You know, I've been attending so many banquets that I know what they're going to serve before I get there.

- Knute Rockne

Going, Been, Before, Attending

Generalities don't count and won't help you in football.

- Knute Rockne

Football, Help, Count, Generalities

Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.

- Knute Rockne

Failure, Me, Show, Gracious

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

- Knute Rockne

Game, Shoulders, Mostly, Neck

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

- Knute Rockne

Strong, Build, Weaknesses, Become

Yes, I now that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks too. But we're gonna fool them.

- Knute Rockne

Strong, Yes, Gonna, Thinks

Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices.

- Knute Rockne

Men, Think, Most, Merely

We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose.

- Knute Rockne

Winning, Prevent, Best Way, Beef

I enjoy talking to my football men and my chemistry classes and I feel sure that they are quite interested in what I have to say.

- Knute Rockne

Enjoy, Chemistry, Sure, Classes

I'm getting sick and tired of doing anything half-way.

- Knute Rockne

Tired, Doing, Getting, Half-Way

Let's win one for the Gipper.

- Knute Rockne

Win

Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now.

- Knute Rockne

Play, Big, Though, Leading

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