The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
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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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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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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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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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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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline.
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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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Live as if you were living already for the second time.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.
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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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Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.
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