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

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

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

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

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

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

Win or lose, do it fairly.
Knute Rockne

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

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

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