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.
VINCE LOMBARDIIndividual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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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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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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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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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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There is no substitute for work.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one’s mind.
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The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
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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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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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A man can be as great as he wants to be.
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