Second place is meaningless. You can’t always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been – that you were never beaten – that time just ran out on you.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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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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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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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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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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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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The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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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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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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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
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