Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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There are three things important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order.
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Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
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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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Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
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Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won.
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I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
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It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere.
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Don’t succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.
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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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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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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.
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Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.
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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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Everyone has a will to win but very few have the will to prepare to win.
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Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent’s strength.
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Choose to achieve perfection. We won’t achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
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Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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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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The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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You 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.
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