Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
VINCE LOMBARDILife’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.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up – and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.
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Many more things would be accomplished if we didn’t consider them impossible.
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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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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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Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
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The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
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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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Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
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There is no substitute for work.
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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.
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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent’s strength.
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Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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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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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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If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
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Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don’t do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.
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