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.
VINCE LOMBARDIWinning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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If you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
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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 know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.
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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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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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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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Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
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Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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Second place is meaningless. You can’t always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been – that you were never beaten – that time just ran out on you.
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Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
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