One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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If you cheat yourself in practice, you’ll cheat yourself in a game; and if you cheat in a game, you’ll cheat yourself for the rest of your life.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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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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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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Choose to achieve perfection. We won’t achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
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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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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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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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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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Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
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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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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
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Champions make their own luck.
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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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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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There are three things important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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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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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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