The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
VINCE LOMBARDIWhen you are through trying to improve, you are through.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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If you cheat yourself in practice, you’ll cheat yourself in a game; and if you cheat in a game, you’ll cheat yourself for the rest of your life.
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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
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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.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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A man can be as great as he wants to be.
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If you really want something , you can have it if you’re willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.
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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
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The challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together.
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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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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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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
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Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
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The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
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The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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I don’t necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.
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You 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.
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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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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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