US Presidency
1981

They were children when he played for Notre Dame. It was to this team that Rockne told the story and so inspired them that they rose above their personal animosities. For someone they had never known, they joined together in a common cause and attained the unattainable. We were told when we were making the picture of one line that was spoken by a player during that game. We were actually afraid to put it in the picture. The man who carried the ball over for the winning touchdown was injured on the play. We were told that as he was lifted on the stretcher and carried off the field he was heard to say, That's the last one I can get for you, Gipper. Now, it's only a game. And maybe to hear it now, afterward, and this is what we feared, it might sound maudlin and not the way it was intended.