The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
VINCE LOMBARDIIt’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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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.
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Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority are the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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It’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.
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One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one’s mind.
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Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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Live as if you were living already for the second time.
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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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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
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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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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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Champions make their own luck.
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