Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Praise in public; criticize in private.
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One 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.
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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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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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Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
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There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.
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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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Life’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.
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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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As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered.
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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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The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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I 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.
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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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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 winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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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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Choose to achieve perfection. We won’t achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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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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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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