The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf you cheat yourself in practice, you’ll cheat yourself in a game; and if you cheat in a game, you’ll cheat yourself for the rest of your life.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up – and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.
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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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If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
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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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Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
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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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I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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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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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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