It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere.
VINCE LOMBARDIThose who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
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It 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.
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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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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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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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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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They do not truly love who do not show their love.
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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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Mental toughness is essential to success.
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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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If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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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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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
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The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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Many more things would be accomplished if we didn’t consider them impossible.
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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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