“Knute Rockne, All American” quotes

(1940)
Movie Knute Rockne, All American
Title Knute Rockne, All American
Original title Knute Rockne All American
Year 1940
Directors Lloyd Bacon, William K. Howard
Genre Drama, Sport, Biography
Interpreted by
All actors – Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Owen Davis Jr., John Qualen, Dorothy Tree, Johnny Sheffield, Moreau Choir of Notre Dame
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  • “- 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
    [Tag:game, sport, strategy]
  • “- 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
    [Tag:job, mistake, sport]
  • “Anyone who follows the truth in his heart never makes a mistake.”

    Donald Crisp - Father John Callahan, C.S.C
    [Tag:heart, mistake, truth]
  • “Tell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.”

    Pat O'Brien - Knute Rockne
  • “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
  • “Who can say for certain what a man was really born to be? That's God's will.”
    Donald Crisp - Father John Callahan, C.S.C
    [Tag:destiny, future, god]
  • “Someday Knute will find his right place in the world, and when he does, whether it be science or not, I have a feeling it will be the one he was meant to do.”
    Donald Crisp - Father John Callahan, C.S.C
    [Tag:destiny, worth]
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