Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
VINCE LOMBARDIIt 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.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn’t mean a thing. That’s for the fans. You’ve got to win the war with the man in front of you. You’ve got to get your man.
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We 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.
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One 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.
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If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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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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If you get into the endzone, act as if you’ve been there before.
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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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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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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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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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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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