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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.
Knute Rockne
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Knute Rockne
Age: 43 †
Born: 1888
Born: March 4
Died: 1931
Died: March 31
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Knute Larsen Rockne
Knute Kenneth Rockne
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