If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
VINCE LOMBARDIAs soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered.
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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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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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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We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.
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Once 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.
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Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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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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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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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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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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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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