Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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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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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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.
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Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
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Live as if you were living already for the second time.
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Everyone has a will to win but very few have the will to prepare to win.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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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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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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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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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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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
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