Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
VINCE LOMBARDIOffensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent’s strength.
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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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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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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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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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A man can be as great as he wants to be.
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If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand.
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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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If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
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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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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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There is no substitute for work.
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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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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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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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