No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
VINCE LOMBARDIIt’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.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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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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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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Champions make their own luck.
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Many more things would be accomplished if we didn’t consider them impossible.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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I don’t necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.
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Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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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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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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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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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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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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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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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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