Knute Rockne

“The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.”

“We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're in great shape.”

“Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than most any other four years of college work.”

“Win or lose, do it fairly.”

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”

“Leaders are like eagles... they don't flock. You'll find them one at a time.”

“As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.”

“It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.”

“Build up your <strong class="highlight">weaknessesstrong> until they become your strong points.”

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

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

“It is to a man's honor to overlook an offense.”

“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.”

“A team that won't be beat can't be beat.”

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