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.
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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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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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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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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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent’s strength.
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If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
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I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
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Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.
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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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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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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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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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