Knute Rockne

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

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

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

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

Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.