"Win just one for the Gipper"
It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, ask them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper.
What does the phrase Win one for the Gipper mean?
To pursue success or victory in honor of someone else. Several years after Gipp's death at age 25, Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne urged his team to "win one for the Gipper." Let's work hard to meet the last sales goal before Jim retires—let's win one for the Gipper! ...
Who said let's win for The Gipper?
Do this in memory of somebody you revere; attributed to Knute Rockne, coach of the Notre Dame football team, during a halftime pep talk at the 1928 Army-Notre Dame football game.
