The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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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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.
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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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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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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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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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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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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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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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If you get into the endzone, act as if you’ve been there before.
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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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Live as if you were living already for the second time.
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If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
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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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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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Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.
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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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They do not truly love who do not show their love.
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If you cheat yourself in practice, you’ll cheat yourself in a game; and if you cheat in a game, you’ll cheat yourself for the rest of your life.
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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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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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