Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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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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.
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One’s desire, not ability, determines success.
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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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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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Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
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If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
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The challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together.
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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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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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Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.
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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
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We don’t pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.
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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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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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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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Mental toughness is essential to success.
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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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One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one’s mind.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority are the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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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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