I don’t necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.
VINCE LOMBARDIYou never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn’t mean a thing. That’s for the fans. You’ve got to win the war with the man in front of you. You’ve got to get your man.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Second place is meaningless. You can’t always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been – that you were never beaten – that time just ran out on you.
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The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process we will achieve greatness.
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I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline.
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Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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They do not truly love who do not show their love.
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The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable.
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Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
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