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.
VINCE LOMBARDIFootball isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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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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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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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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Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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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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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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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
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Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.
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Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
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As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered.
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