Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Knute Rockne (American Football Coach)

Knute Rockne (1888–1931,) fully Knute Kenneth Rockne, was a Norwegian-born American college football coach. Intercollegiate sport’s first true celebrity coach, he coached the Notre Dame “Fighting Irish” 1918–31 to six national titles and achieved a winning percentage of .881.

Born in Voss, Norway, Rockne came to the U.S. as a child. He graduated from Notre Dame in 1914 and became head football coach shortly after World War I. He dominated U.S. college football, having markedly changed the emphasis from sheer physical brawn to pace, elusiveness, and ball handling.

Rockne was famous for his rousing appeals to players and built Notre Dame into a national collegiate football power, compiling a record of 105 wins, 12 losses, and five draws.

Rockne was killed in a plane crash in Kansas, resulting in an outpouring of grief, and the biopic Knute Rockne, All American (1940.)

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One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it.
—Knute Rockne
Topics: Preaching, Sports, Evangelism

Show me a good and gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure.
—Knute Rockne
Topics: Failure

Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.
—Knute Rockne
Topics: Alcohol, Drinking

One loss is good for the soul Too many losses are not good for the coach.
—Knute Rockne
Topics: Failures, Mistakes

Win or lose, do it fairly.
—Knute Rockne
Topics: Competition

Let’s win one for the Gipper.
—Knute Rockne
Topics: Football

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
—Knute Rockne
Topics: Weakness

No star playing, just football.
—Knute Rockne
Topics: Football

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