Knute Rockne
American football coach at Notre Dame, 1888-1931
8 quotes.
Quotes by Knute Rockne
- A successful coach must have personality, enthusiasm, technical knowledge, sense of fair play, sympathy for the players, and yet he must be a strict disciplinarian.
- A team which goes into the game underrating their opponents is an easy team to beat.
- Be absolutely square with your men, and never call one down unless he has it coming to him.
- I believe that one leading coach practicing sportsmanship does more good than fifty coaches merely preaching it.
- One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.
- Show them that the difference between defeat and victory in many cases is merely that one team has more will power, more determination, and that the margin of difference is, in many cases, just a matter of inches.
- 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.
- The team will in a large measure reflect the spirit of the coach.