The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
VINCE LOMBARDIPraise in public; criticize in private.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
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Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.
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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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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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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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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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If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
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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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There are three things important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order.
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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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