If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
VINCE LOMBARDIFootball is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority are the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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There is no substitute for work.
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Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
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The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
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If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
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Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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Many more things would be accomplished if we didn’t consider them impossible.
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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not a winner.
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Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
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If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
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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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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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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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