Author: Knute Rockne

Quotes

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

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

- Knute Rockne

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.

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

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

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

- Knute Rockne

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.

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

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

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

- Knute Rockne

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

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

- Knute Rockne

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

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

- Knute Rockne

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.

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

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

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

- Knute Rockne

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