The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf 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.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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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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It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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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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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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Champions make their own luck.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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They do not truly love who do not show their love.
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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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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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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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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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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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