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Knute Rockne
Notre Dame's coach and college football's first great motivator — the locker-room speech as an art form starts with him. Much of what coaches still say on whiteboards traces back to Rockne's cadences.
Independently indexed citations from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1905) and Wikiquote — cited and licensed, not part of the curated verbatim registry.
“Let's win one for the Gipper.”
Statement during a half-time speech to the Fighting Irish when they were tied with Army 0–0, inspiring the team towards a 12–6 victory, (10 November 1928), as portrayed in Knute Rockne, All American (1940)reference only0.60
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“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.”
As quoted in Knute Rockne: Man Builder (1940) by Harry Augustus Stuhldreher, p. 53reference only0.60
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“Win or lose, do it fairly.”
As quoted in Swimming World and Junior Swimmer Vol. 20 (1979), p. 57reference only0.60
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“One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.”
As quoted in The Reader's Digest Vol. 135 (1989), p. 34reference only0.60
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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.”
As quoted in Coaching Champions: The Privilege of Mentoring (1994) by Jess Gibson, p. 160reference only0.60
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“Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.”
Great Quotes from Great Sports Heroes (1997) by Peggy Anderson, p. 35reference only0.60
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