KNUTE ROCKNE

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

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

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

Win or lose, do it fairly.

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.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

It's my show.

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

If I flop, let 'em pan me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Win one for the Gipper.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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