Quotes from Knute Rockne

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

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

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

All the world loves a winner and has no time for a loser.

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

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

If we're a hit, let 'em say anything they want.

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

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

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

Win just one for the Gipper.

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

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.

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

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

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

Let's win this one for the Gipper.

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.

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.

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

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

Courage means being afraid to do something, but still doing it.

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