Quotes by Knute Rockne

About Knute Rockne:

Knute Kenneth Rockne is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history. His biography at the College Football Hall of Fame calls him "without question, American football's most-renowned coach." A Norwegian American, he was educated as a chemist at the University of Notre Dame. He popularized the forward pass and made Notre Dame a major factor in college football.
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You know, I've been attending so many banquets that I know what they're going to serve before I get there.

Knute Rockne

Win one for the Gipper.

Knute Rockne

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.

Knute Rockne

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

Knute Rockne

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

Knute Rockne

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

Knute Rockne

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

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.

Knute Rockne

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

Knute Rockne

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

Knute Rockne

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

Knute Rockne

Author Bio

  • NameKnute Rockne
  • DescriptionAmerican college football player, college football coach, College Football Hall of Fame member
  • BornMarch 4, 1888
  • DiedMarch 31, 1931
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionHead Coach