One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one’s mind.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
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As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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A man can be as great as he wants to be.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.
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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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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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Choose to achieve perfection. We won’t achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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