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


Knute Rockne

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Knute Rockne, All American.
RONALD REAGAN
I think Knute Rockne is turning over in his grave.
STEVE COX
Knute Rockne liked bad loser. He said good losers lose too often.
GEORGE E. ALLEN
He's always had those legs and those shoulders. He could have played in the NFL.
BOBBY HOWARD
College football would be more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students - there wou...
H. L. MENCKEN
It wasn't a real flashy game. We just lined up and played football. We mostly ran the ball at each o...
JACK ZILLA
A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the sho...
COCO CHANEL
My torso is short, but my arms are really long and gangly and my legs and my neck, and my feet and h...
CYNDI LAUPER
Think what he could've done with two good legs. Just about every time we played, he was head and sho...
GEORGE MCCARTIN
They were both shot in the neck and the side. And in the front, they were hit in the neck and their ...
KANDACE DIEKMAN
They're not the number one team in the state for nothing. They're a good football team. But I like t...
BOBBY CAMPOS
I'm no different from anybody else with two arms, two legs, and forty-two hundred hits.
PETE ROSE
Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played w...
JOHN LEONARD
Rockne returned home [from Pittsburgh] exhausted,
MURRAY SPERBER
Football is a game played by 22 players, and at the end Germany wins.
YASSINE ITANI
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every En...
JOSE MOURINHO
We played well and showed up. We had 13 hits, which is probably more than we've had in the last thre...
BRAD FULLER
I'm not one for Knute Rockne speeches and so I'm not going to start now. I did tell the kids the oth...
JAY HARRINGTON
Both sides played extremely good defensive football. It maybe wasn't a fan-friendly game with a lot ...
LARRY WILCOX
Golf is played with the arms.
SAM SNEAD
Win or lose, do it fairly.
KNUTE ROCKNE
When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something.
KNUTE ROCKNE
We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.
KNUTE ROCKNE
It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Yes, I now that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks too. But we'...
KNUTE ROCKNE
Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now.
KNUTE ROCKNE
One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.
KNUTE ROCKNE
I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.
KNUTE ROCKNE
There is no need for me continuing unless I'm able to improve.
KNUTE ROCKNE
I'm getting sick and tired of doing anything half-way.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of...
KNUTE ROCKNE
Let's win one for the Gipper.
KNUTE ROCKNE
On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going t...
KNUTE ROCKNE
The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Win one for the Gipper.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Let's win one for the Gipper.
KNUTE ROCKNE
No star playing, just football.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.
KNUTE ROCKNE
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure.
KNUTE ROCKNE
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success...
KNUTE ROCKNE
You know, I've been attending so many banquets that I know what they're going to serve befor...
KNUTE ROCKNE
A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his play...
KNUTE ROCKNE
We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don...
KNUTE ROCKNE
The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best,...
KNUTE ROCKNE
One man practicing sportsmanship is better than a hundred teaching it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Generalities don't count and won't help you in football.
KNUTE ROCKNE
If I flop, let 'em pan me.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Win this one for the Gipper
KNUTE ROCKNE
I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Show me a good and gracious loser and I will show you a failure.
KNUTE ROCKNE
It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is – don't lo...
KNUTE ROCKNE
Tell the public about the boys. They're the ones that do the work and they should get the credit. Th...
KNUTE ROCKNE
If we're a hit, let 'em say anything they want.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Football is a game that's played with intensity and passion. If your opponent determines how hard yo...
ALVIN SMITH
I felt like I played in a very tough football game with no hitting above the waist.
ALAN PAGE
I was very self-conscious about my body from a young age. At school, I played football and netball a...
BRYONY SHAW
I played soccer, and I was the kid who ran the wrong way, or I was pretending to be some sort of zeb...
JOHNNY WEIR
I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES
Everything starts with Smith. He beats you with his arms and his legs. Stopping Smith will give us a...
VICTOR ABIAMIRI
The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel...
STEPHEN GARDINER
I played football first. I love football. I'm a die-hard Broncos fan. I loved football, but in t...
CHAUNCEY BILLUPS
It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way ...
FRANK GIFFORD
It is wonderful, ... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the wa...
FRANK GIFFORD
We just kind of connected better than the rest. He jumps up and puts his front legs on my shoulders ...
DANI ANDERSON
I'm a hero with coward's legs. I'm a hero from the waist up.
SPIKE MILLIGAN
The steady soul and the ego pretender / walk with their arms round each other's shoulders / through ...
JAY WOODMAN
Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.
TERRY BROOKS
They were off their game a little and we were on our game, ... We just played some good football.
BRAD KASSELL
Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM
Platonic love is love from the neck up.
THYRA SAMTER WINSLOW
I'm a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It's a pretty dumb animal, mind...
SOPHIA LOREN
Many of (the bites) are relatively minor; usually bites in the legs and arms from people trying to b...
DR. DAVID KOVACIK
When he walked into a room, his smile lit it up. On a football field, when we played, his heart and ...
ED GARDNER
My arms are my legs.
BOBBY MARTIN
I played football the whole time I was growing up, and through two years of college. I think it'...
PETER LANDESMAN
We played one game, and let's be honest, it wasn't against a very good football team.
BILL DEE
Rod did an outstanding job given the fact that his legs were cramping up. Roddy played very, very to...
BILL MURPHY
You can't give the other team an opportunity when we have them 21-3 to come back and make it almost ...
DREW BREES
They showed up; they were a great team. But we didn't take them lightly, and we played physical foot...
BRET MEYER
Baseball, boxing, handball - sooner or later every game gets compared to narrative, but only in foot...
J. R. MOEHRINGER
If you were ever to interview me after a football game or at a football game or around me during foo...
KEYSHAWN JOHNSON
Understandably she had a lot of suitors, just like any other girls in China with two arms and legs.
VANN CHOW
We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down.
CRISTINA SARALEGUI
The collar came first, and when Guerin drew it from his neck he felt the collar's absence like a lig...
C.S. PACAT
Money can't heal your heart. Money can't give you purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I...
NICK VUJICIC
Legs are 3x stronger than arms.
KENICHI: THE MIGHTIEST DISCIPLE
Rockne and Yost did not get along,
LLOYD CARR
It was the best game we've played in a couple of weeks. We played good defense and went back to the ...
GARY GALLOWAY
It was huge. We just made mistakes. We just didn't play football and Central played a great game.
DAN FAUSER
I grew up trying to be like my idols, and one of the main people in my life was my father. He played...
CAM NEWTON
A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as this brain.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU

More Knute Rockne

Win or lose, do it fairly.
KNUTE ROCKNE
When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something.
KNUTE ROCKNE
We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.
KNUTE ROCKNE
It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Yes, I now that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks too. But we'...
KNUTE ROCKNE
Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now.
KNUTE ROCKNE
One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.
KNUTE ROCKNE
I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.
KNUTE ROCKNE
There is no need for me continuing unless I'm able to improve.
KNUTE ROCKNE
I'm getting sick and tired of doing anything half-way.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of...
KNUTE ROCKNE
Let's win one for the Gipper.
KNUTE ROCKNE
On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going t...
KNUTE ROCKNE
The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Win one for the Gipper.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Let's win one for the Gipper.
KNUTE ROCKNE
No star playing, just football.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.
KNUTE ROCKNE
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure.
KNUTE ROCKNE
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success...
KNUTE ROCKNE
You know, I've been attending so many banquets that I know what they're going to serve befor...
KNUTE ROCKNE
A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his play...
KNUTE ROCKNE
We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don...
KNUTE ROCKNE
The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best,...
KNUTE ROCKNE
One man practicing sportsmanship is better than a hundred teaching it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Generalities don't count and won't help you in football.
KNUTE ROCKNE
If I flop, let 'em pan me.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Win this one for the Gipper
KNUTE ROCKNE
I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.
KNUTE ROCKNE
Show me a good and gracious loser and I will show you a failure.
KNUTE ROCKNE
It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is – don't lo...
KNUTE ROCKNE
Tell the public about the boys. They're the ones that do the work and they should get the credit. Th...
KNUTE ROCKNE
If we're a hit, let 'em say anything they want.
KNUTE ROCKNE
I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat ...
KNUTE KENNETH ROCKNE
Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mis...
KNUTE NELSON
In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.
KNUTE NELSON
But it is neither cannon nor bayonet that will do the worst damage to this city. No, this place will...
KNUTE NELSON
Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built o...
KNUTE NELSON
We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the rive...
KNUTE NELSON