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.
VINCE LOMBARDINobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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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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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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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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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.
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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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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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Live as if you were living already for the second time.
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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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The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
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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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