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.
VINCE LOMBARDII derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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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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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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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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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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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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I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
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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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Live as if you were living already for the second time.
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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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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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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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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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Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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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.
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If you get into the endzone, act as if you’ve been there before.
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The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
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Many more things would be accomplished if we didn’t consider them impossible.
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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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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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