Choose to achieve perfection. We won’t achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
VINCE LOMBARDIMost 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.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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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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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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Leaders 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.
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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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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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Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.
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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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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
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