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Knute Rockne

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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 I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES The challenge is on all of us, to balance between rest, rhythm, timing, focus, energy, execution. It...
LAWRENCE FRANK Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist; but football is only two things - bloc...
VINCE LOMBARDI Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things-blockin...
VINCE LOMBARDI Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - b...
VINCE LOMBARDI It still comes down to blocking, tackling and making plays.
JOE HEACOCK Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A gre...
NAVEEN JAIN Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others.
DASHANNE STOKES I'm an old-fashioned guy. There are two kinds of coaches: schemers and fundamentalists. Fundamentali...
GLENN MASON War is based on deception.
SUN-TZU War is based on deception.
SUN TZU “The essence of planning is EXECUTION”
FARSHAD ASL All warfare is based on deception.
UNKNOWN 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 The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.
JOHN RUSKIN Best tackling safety in football.
BILL COWHER Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.
, FROM ROBERT HEINLEIN'S "TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE" Execution is something, but timing is everything.
TODD STOCKER We adjusted defensively, but it comes down to blocking and tackling, and when he got a full head of ...
RIEF GILG It still all comes down to blocking and tackling. The kids are excited. They're showing up and doing...
JAY SCHROEDER It was tough losing games we should have won, based on execution and rebounding. It was the small th...
CURTIS WITHERS 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 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 Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up
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 Pace, rhythm and timing. Pace, rhythm and timing is what it's about. The content's got to be...
RON WHITE The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his r...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY The thing I was the most disappointed in (Sunday) was basically the fundamentals of our team. Our ta...
DOM CAPERS We stayed poised in some tight situations. We swarmed to the football and we did a good job of conta...
JASON HUNTER The world of football is based on results and unfortunately there haven't been any results.
ENRIQUE CEREZO Rockne and Yost did not get along,
LLOYD CARR There are only so many stories, and half of that has to do with the execution of it and half of it h...
DANA DELANY Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-d...
PEMA CHODRON Quit telling me that "you haven't done anything wrong." Most people waste their lives trying to do n...
JEFF DIXON-TERROR IN THE KINGDOM Deception follows on the heels of deception.
LORD ALFRED TENNYSON We've spent a lot of time working on tackling, something we were terrible at last season. We want to...
A.J. MASSENGALE The business must be based on the success of our football team,
BRIAN QUINN I was very happy that the ladies came out and improved on last week's performance. I think they're s...
BEN BEYERS You see it's like this: boxing is just another kind of rhythm activity. Like all sports is based on ...
LARRY NEAL A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they...
HENRIK IBSEN Leading manufacturers are tackling the tough issues of integrating plant MES (manufacturing executio...
JANE BIDDLE Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos...
CLINT EASTWOOD For anyone who understood the essence of modernism based on and originating in the secularizing and ...
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR Everything seemed like it was clicking, ... The whole line was blocking, the receivers were blocking...
TIM HORTON Everything seemed like it was clicking. The whole line was blocking, the receivers were blocking dow...
TIM HORTON We didn't think the timing was right [to play Benson]. Cedric of course is a good football player, b...
LOVIE SMITH We use radio signals to make rogue signals look like noise. It's based on a microsecond level of tim...
JOEL VINCENT Humor writing requires a rhythm and timing, as well as some kind of connection to the reader, and I ...
KRISTAN HIGGINS We were very unhappy with our blocking and execution offensively (last week). I think our senior lin...
DAVE SANDERSON We played better. We had better blocking along the offensive line and we cut down the penalties. We ...
BRIAN LANE The decision is not being made based on money. We are making the decision based on the football team...
JAY COOPERIDER Customers vote with their feet and decide if they will stay or leave based on their perception of ho...
JEANNE BLISS We need to block and tackle well, that's been a lot of our focus. We always execute on offense and d...
MARK NEWTON All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy ba...
SUN-TZU Rockne returned home [from Pittsburgh] exhausted,
MURRAY SPERBER You may fall down when you dance on the edge but edge is the source of all miracles and mystery.
AMIT RAY It will happen but it will take time.
JOHN BOWLBY We have to get better technically in all phases. Sustaining our blocks (running game), pass blocking...
ANDY BITTO Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody...
KATHY ACKER FOOTBALL IS A DECISION GAME BASED ON QUICK THINKING IN RELATION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND YOU AND ...
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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 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 Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up
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...
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