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 LOMBARDIChoose to achieve perfection. We won’t achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process we will achieve greatness.
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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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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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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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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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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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If you really want something , you can have it if you’re willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.
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Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
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The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
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If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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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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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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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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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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We 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.
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One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.
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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
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Dictionary 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.
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