“- Knute Rockne: Coach, let us use the forward pass, I know it'll work.
- Notre Dame Coach Harper: I'm not so sure. We've never seen it in a game.
- Knute Rockne: Neither has the Army, what can we lose?”
Pat O'Brien - Knute Rockne
John Gallaudet - Notre Dame Coach Harper

“- Knute Rockne: I've decided to take up coaching as my life's work.
- Father John Callahan, C.S.C: Hmmmm.
- Knute Rockne: You think I'm making a mistake, don't you?”
Pat O'Brien - Knute Rockne
Donald Crisp - Father John Callahan, C.S.C

“We haven't got any use for gamblers around here. You've done your best to ruin baseball, and horse racing, and this is one game that's clean and is gonna stay clean.”
Pat O'Brien - Knute Rockne

“Tell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.”

Pat O'Brien - Knute Rockne

“I hear in Canada you only have sex doggy style; that way you can both see the hockey game.”
Rodney Dangerfield - Wally Sparks