While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
VINCE LOMBARDIWhile statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
VINCE LOMBARDIWinning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
VINCE LOMBARDIThe quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
VINCE LOMBARDIWe don’t pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.
VINCE LOMBARDIOnce you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
VINCE LOMBARDIThere’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
VINCE LOMBARDIDon’t succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.
VINCE LOMBARDIIt 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.
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 LOMBARDII derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
VINCE LOMBARDIChoose to achieve perfection. We won’t achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
VINCE LOMBARDIUnless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
VINCE LOMBARDIErrors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
VINCE LOMBARDIYou 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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