Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
VINCE LOMBARDIWinning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
VINCE LOMBARDIIndividual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
VINCE LOMBARDIWe will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process we will achieve greatness.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
VINCE LOMBARDIWe 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIPerfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
VINCE LOMBARDIDictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.
VINCE LOMBARDICharacter is the direct result of mental attitude.
VINCE LOMBARDIErrors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
VINCE LOMBARDIYou carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up – and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.
VINCE LOMBARDIPraise in public; criticize in private.
VINCE LOMBARDIMistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.
VINCE LOMBARDIOne 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIConfidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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