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 LOMBARDIYou 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 LOMBARDILive as if you were living already for the second time.
VINCE LOMBARDIBeat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
VINCE LOMBARDII will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
VINCE LOMBARDIThose who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
VINCE LOMBARDIIt’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
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.
VINCE LOMBARDISome need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
VINCE LOMBARDII don’t necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.
VINCE LOMBARDIWe 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIErrors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf 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 LOMBARDIThe 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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