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.
VINCE LOMBARDIChampions make their own luck.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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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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Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
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We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process we will achieve greatness.
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Mental toughness is essential to success.
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
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Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.
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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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Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
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If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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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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Second place is meaningless. You can’t always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been – that you were never beaten – that time just ran out on you.
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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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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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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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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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Gentlemen, 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.
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The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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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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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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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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