Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
VINCE LOMBARDIYou 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 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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There is no substitute for work.
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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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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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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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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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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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If you get into the endzone, act as if you’ve been there before.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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They do not truly love who do not show their love.
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.
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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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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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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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There are three things important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order.
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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 joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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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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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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If you really want something , you can have it if you’re willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.
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