Mental 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIWe know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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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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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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A man can be as great as he wants to be.
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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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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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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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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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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The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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