Many more things would be accomplished if we didn’t consider them impossible.
VINCE LOMBARDIMany more things would be accomplished if we didn’t consider them impossible.
VINCE LOMBARDIYou 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 LOMBARDIChampions make their own luck.
VINCE LOMBARDIWe 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
VINCE LOMBARDIFootball isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
VINCE LOMBARDIGentlemen, 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 LOMBARDISuccess demands singleness of purpose.
VINCE LOMBARDIPractice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
VINCE LOMBARDIMental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
VINCE LOMBARDIThose who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
VINCE LOMBARDIConfidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
VINCE LOMBARDINobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
VINCE LOMBARDIPraise in public; criticize in private.
VINCE LOMBARDIOnce 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
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