Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
VINCE LOMBARDIMental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
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Mental toughness is essential to success.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority are the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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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 joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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Everyone has a will to win but very few have the will to prepare to win.
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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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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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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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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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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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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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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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