We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.
VINCE LOMBARDISecond 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.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
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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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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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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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Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.
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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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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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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 will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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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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