The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
VINCE LOMBARDIIt’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.
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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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It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
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As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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Champions make their own luck.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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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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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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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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Everyone has a will to win but very few have the will to prepare to win.
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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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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
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There is no substitute for work.
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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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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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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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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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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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If you get into the endzone, act as if you’ve been there before.
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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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