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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