There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
VINCE LOMBARDIEveryone has a will to win but very few have the will to prepare to win.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline.
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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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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
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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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The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
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If you really want something , you can have it if you’re willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.
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It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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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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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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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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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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Unless 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.
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I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
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Many more things would be accomplished if we didn’t consider them impossible.
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Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.
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The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.
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Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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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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