Knute Rockne

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“Win or lose, do it fairly.”

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

“Let's win one for the Gipper.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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