If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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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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You 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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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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Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere.
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Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won.
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As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered.
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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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The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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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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Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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