When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
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I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline.
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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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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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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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It’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.
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Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don’t do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.
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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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Don’t succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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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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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
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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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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
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The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
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You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up – and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.
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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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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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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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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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Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.
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