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Vince Lombardi
American
Coach
About the author
Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Leaders
#Effort
#Goal
Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Coaches
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Confidence
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.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Work
#Success
#Hard work
Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Cowards
#Fatigue
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Life
#Work
#Sacrifice
#Authority
#Respect
#Self
#Perseverance
#Hard work
#Football
#Dedication
I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
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 Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Heart
#Man
#Cause
#Battle
#Lies
#Fulfillment
If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Winning
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Will
#Enthusiasm
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Losing
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Work
#Commitment
#Society
#Civilization
#Effort
#Company
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Winning
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Work
#Leaders
#Goal
#Hard work
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.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Success
#Family
#Pressure
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Habit
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#People
#Work
#Will
#Problems
#Society
#Football
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Perfection
#Excellence
Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Practice
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Will
#Result
#Jobs
Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#People
#Football
Success demands singleness of purpose.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Success
#Purpose
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Teamwork
#Glory
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Effort
#Results
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.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Faith
#Discipline
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Life
#Commitment
#Quality
#Excellence
A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Study
#School
#Danger
#Football
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Work
#Surrender
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Habit
#Winning
#Losing
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Control
#Leader
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Measure
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Work
#Success
The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Accomplishment
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.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Successful
#Will
#Strength
#Knowledge
#Difference
The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Being
#Glory
There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Want
#Time
#First
Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Winning
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Time
Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Will
#Winning
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Time
#Right
#Habit
#Winning
#Losing
We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi,
American
Coach
#Work
#Success
#Job
#Determination
#Hard work
#Dedication