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.
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.
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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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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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They do not truly love who do not show their love.
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If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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Second place is meaningless. You can’t always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been – that you were never beaten – that time just ran out on you.
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I don’t necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.
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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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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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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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Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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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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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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