If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
VINCE LOMBARDIOne’s desire, not ability, determines success.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don’t do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.
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The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.
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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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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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Many more things would be accomplished if we didn’t consider them impossible.
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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
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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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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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Choose to achieve perfection. We won’t achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
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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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