It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not a winner.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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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.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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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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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
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I 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.
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If 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.
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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.
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If you get into the endzone, act as if you’ve been there before.
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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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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