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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/the-secret-is-to-work-less-as-individuals-and-more-as-a-team-as-a/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

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## More by Knute Rockne

> [When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/when-you-were-riding-on-the-crest-of-a-wave-youwere-most-likely-to-be/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/show-me-a-good-and-gracious-loser-and-i-ll-show-you-a-failure/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/most-men-when-they-think-they-are-thinking-are-merely-rearranging/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [Yes, I know that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks, too. But we're gonna fool them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/yes-i-know-that-you-feel-you-are-not-strong-enough-that-s-what-the/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [Win one for the Gipper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/win-one-for-the-gipper/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [I'm getting sick and tired of doing anything half-way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/i-m-getting-sick-and-tired-of-doing-anything-half-way/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/make-the-present-good-and-the-past-will-take-care-of-itself/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [There is not economy in getting cheap service or equipment. Buy the best and cry only once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/there-is-not-economy-in-getting-cheap-service-or-equipment-buy-the/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [At home we're the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrassed in front of our friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/at-home-we-re-the-hosts-and-i-never-liked-the-idea-of-being/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/the-only-qualifications-for-a-lineman-are-to-be-big-and-dumb-to-be-a/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [Never tell 'em how many lettermen you've got coming back. Tell 'em how many you lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/never-tell-em-how-many-lettermen-you-ve-got-coming-back-tell-em-how/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/drink-the-first-sip-the-second-slowly-skip-the-third/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/we-can-all-be-geniuses-because-one-definition-of-genius-is-the/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/winning-to-often-is-as-disastrous-as-losing-too-often-both-get-the/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

> [One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/one-loss-is-good-for-the-soul-too-many-losses-is-not-good-for-the/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

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