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.
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 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 LOMBARDIThe 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.
VINCE LOMBARDII firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
VINCE LOMBARDICoaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
VINCE LOMBARDISuccess 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIWe didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
VINCE LOMBARDIYou 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIGentlemen, 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.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
VINCE LOMBARDIErrors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
VINCE LOMBARDIConfidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
VINCE LOMBARDIWatch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
VINCE LOMBARDIIt’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 price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand.
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