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.
VINCE LOMBARDIOnce you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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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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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 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.
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If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
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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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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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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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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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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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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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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.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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If you really want something , you can have it if you’re willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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