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.
VINCE LOMBARDIFootball 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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Don’t succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.
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They do not truly love who do not show their love.
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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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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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One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.
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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
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If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
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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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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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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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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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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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