I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
VINCE LOMBARDIOne 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.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.
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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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It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
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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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Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
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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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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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