Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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.
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Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.
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Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don’t do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.
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I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline.
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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 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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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 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.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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Live as if you were living already for the second time.
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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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Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.
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I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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If you get into the endzone, act as if you’ve been there before.
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