Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority are the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
VINCE LOMBARDIMental toughness is essential to success.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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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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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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Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
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The 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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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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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand.
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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.
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Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
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The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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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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