Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won.
VINCE LOMBARDILeaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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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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Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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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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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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If you get into the endzone, act as if you’ve been there before.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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Second place is meaningless. You can’t always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been – that you were never beaten – that time just ran out on you.
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