{"id":199730,"date":"2026-03-05T12:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=199730"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:02:21","slug":"a-bit-of-wisdom-from-knute-rockne-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=199730","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Wisdom from Knute Rockne"},"content":{"rendered":"

Notre Dame, Indiana…Knute Kenneth Rockne March 4, 1888 \u2013 March 31, 1931, Football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices.<\/p>\n

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.<\/p>\n

Show me a good and gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure.<\/p>\n

I’ve found that prayers work best when you have big players.<\/p>\n

It isn’t necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.<\/p>\n

Let’s win one for the Gipper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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