More from Vince Lombardi
Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi 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.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi They do not truly love who do not show their love.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi 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 LombardiVince Lombardi When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi Mental toughness is essential to success.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi Praise in public; criticize in private.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi
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From our community writers
They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on coward
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson Be with someone who willingly runs in the storm with you, not someone who cowers away because of turbulent winds.
Melody LeeMelody Lee I have no room for monsters and cowards claiming to be something they’re not, who lie to get what they want.
Melody LeeMelody Lee I’m a hero with coward’s legs.
Spike MilliganSpike Milligan Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
Steve PrefontaineSteve Prefontaine A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.
Khaled HosseiniKhaled Hosseini You’re gutless. It’s how you were made. And that’s not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you’ve never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is God help him.
Khaled HosseiniKhaled Hosseini
