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.
VINCE LOMBARDII will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
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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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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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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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.
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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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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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Everyone has a will to win but very few have the will to prepare to win.
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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
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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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We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process we will achieve greatness.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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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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