The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
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Don’t succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.
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A man can be as great as he wants to be.
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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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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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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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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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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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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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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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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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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
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