I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
VINCE LOMBARDIYou 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.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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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 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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We 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.
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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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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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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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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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Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don’t do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.
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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 joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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