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.
VINCE LOMBARDISome need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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There is no substitute for work.
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
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Don’t succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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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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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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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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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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It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
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