If 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.
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.
VINCE LOMBARDIFatigue makes cowards of us all.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
VINCE LOMBARDISuccess demands singleness of purpose.
VINCE LOMBARDIThere is no substitute for work.
VINCE LOMBARDIIt’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
VINCE LOMBARDIOnce a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
VINCE LOMBARDIWe don’t pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.
VINCE LOMBARDIPreparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
VINCE LOMBARDIWinning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together.
VINCE LOMBARDIThey do not truly love who do not show their love.
VINCE LOMBARDIDictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.
VINCE LOMBARDIFootball 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.
VINCE LOMBARDII 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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