Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
VINCE LOMBARDIMistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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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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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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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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If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
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The challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together.
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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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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.
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If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
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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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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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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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The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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They do not truly love who do not show their love.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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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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I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
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Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.
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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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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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