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Never tell 'em how many lettermen you've got coming back. Tell 'em how many you lost.
Knute Rockne
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Knute Rockne
Age: 43 †
Born: 1888
Born: March 4
Died: 1931
Died: March 31
American Football Player
Businessperson
Football Player
Head Coach
Knute Larsen Rockne
Knute Kenneth Rockne
Leadership
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Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.
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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.
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On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going to forget we visited them.
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At home we're the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrassed in front of our friends.
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There is not economy in getting cheap service or equipment. Buy the best and cry only once.
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Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.
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There is no need for me continuing unless I'm able to improve.
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One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.
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Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
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Leaders are like eagles... they don't flock. You'll find them one at a time.
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I have to get the most energy out of a man and have discovered that it cannot be done if he hates another man. Hate blocks his energy and he isn't up to par until he eliminates it and develops a friendly feeling...(towards all his teammates.)
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All the world loves a winner and has no time for a loser.
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The best thing I ever learned in life was that things have to be worked for. A lot of people seem to think there is some sort of magic in making a winning football team. There isn't, but there's plenty of work.
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If winning isn't everything why bother to keep the score?
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