The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe 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.
VINCE LOMBARDINo leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
VINCE LOMBARDIWhile statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
VINCE LOMBARDIPraise in public; criticize in private.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
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.
VINCE LOMBARDIWinning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
VINCE LOMBARDIMental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
VINCE LOMBARDIEveryone has a will to win but very few have the will to prepare to win.
VINCE LOMBARDIAs soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered.
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.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
VINCE LOMBARDIA man can be as great as he wants to be.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe 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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