If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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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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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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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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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.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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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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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
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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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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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Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
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