It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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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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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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I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process we will achieve greatness.
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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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The 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.
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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There is no substitute for work.
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline.
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Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.
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