The best Quotes by Knute Rockne

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.

Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.

Win or lose, do it fairly!

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

When I make a fist, it's strong, and you can't tear it apart. As long as there's unity, there's strength.

The harder you work, the less mistakes you make. The fewer mistakes you make, the better your chances of winning.

I've been blessed in many ways, but none of the heights from football can ever compare to the depths you go through when you lose a child.

That's one thing: When I left Notre Dame, when I left every school, what I'm the proudest of is we never compromised the rules, never were on probation, never had any major problems of any kind.

After Notre Dame, what is there?

I like being in Kansas City. People are extremely nice, extremely passionate about the Chiefs.

I'm from Kansas. It's about as American as you can get.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Kansas - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.

And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.

Reject weakness in any form.

Advisors and scholars will tell you that history is a narrative of strength. They will recount stories of the rise and fall of nations and empires. There will be stories of armies, battles, and decisive victories. But this isn't true strength - it's merely power. I now believe true strength is found in vulnerability. In forgiveness. In love. There is a beautiful, upside-down truth, which is that these moments of purest strength appear as weakness to those who don't know better. For a long time, I didn't know better. I ask you and your brother to reject history as a narrative of strength, and instead, have faith that it can be a narrative of love.

Life is not fair, get used to it!

It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job - but I love my country more.