Inspirational Quotes by Knute Rockne (American Football Coach)

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don’t like to lose, and that isn’t so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don’t want a football player who doesn’t take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, Oh, well, there’s another Saturday.” The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles people have come to sneer at success if it costs hard work and training and sacrifice.”
—Knute Rockne

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

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

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