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.
VINCE LOMBARDIIt’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.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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A man can be as great as he wants to be.
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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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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’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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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
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Football 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.
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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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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
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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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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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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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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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We don’t pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.
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