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 LOMBARDIIf you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
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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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You 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.
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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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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
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If you get into the endzone, act as if you’ve been there before.
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As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered.
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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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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 man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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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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