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.
VINCE LOMBARDIConfidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
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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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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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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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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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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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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 joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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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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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
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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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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
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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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Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
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Character is the direct result of mental attitude.
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