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.
VINCE LOMBARDIOne’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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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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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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I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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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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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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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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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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One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.
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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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