Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
VINCE LOMBARDIPraise in public; criticize in private.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
-
-
Live as if you were living already for the second time.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Choose to achieve perfection. We won’t achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn’t mean a thing. That’s for the fans. You’ve got to win the war with the man in front of you. You’ve got to get your man.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
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.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
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.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
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.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Mental toughness is essential to success.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
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.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
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.
VINCE LOMBARDI