Vince Lombardi Quotes - Page 3

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• Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.

  Vince Lombardi

  Mistake, Purpose, Steps

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• Character is the direct result of mental attitude. I believe that character is higher than the intellect. I believe that leadership is in sacrifice, in self-denial, in humility and in the perfectly disciplined will. This is the distinction between great and little men.

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  Attitude, Believe, Character

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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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  Believe, Heart, Emotional

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.91, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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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  Perfection, Excellence, Impossible

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• One's desire, not ability, determines success.

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  Desire, Ability, Determine

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• If you cheat yourself in practice, you'll cheat yourself in a game; and if you cheat in a game, you'll cheat yourself for the rest of your life.

  Vince Lombardi

  Practice, Games, Rest Of Your Life

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• When you are through trying to improve, you are through.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sports, Trying

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• Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

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  Motivational, Leadership, Confidence

  Vince Lombardi (1998). “Seeing the Win: Why I Believe Vision Coaching is Vital to Winning Business Teams in the 21st Century”

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• Live as if you were living already for the second time.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Coaching

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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.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Running, Volleyball

  "El Guerrouj digs deep for long-awaited gold" by Duncan Mackay, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2004.

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• The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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• Praise in public; criticize in private.

  Vince Lombardi

  Praise, Criticize

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• The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.

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  Inspirational, Leadership, Sports

  Vince Lombardi (1998). “Seeing the Win: Why I Believe Vision Coaching is Vital to Winning Business Teams in the 21st Century”

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• There is no substitute for work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Success, Sacrifice, Substitutes

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, McGraw-Hill Education

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• I don't necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.

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  Loyalty, Teamwork, Player

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• When you're tired, you rationalize. You make excuses in your mind. You say, "I'm too tired; I'm bushed; I can't do this; I'll loaf." Then you're a coward.

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  Tired, Mind, Coward

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.118, McGraw Hill Professional

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• After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Cheer, Dedication

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.261, McGraw Hill Professional

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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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  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. If you can shrug off a loss, you can never be a winner!

  Vince Lombardi

  Loss, Winning, Coaching

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• Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don't do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.

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  Winning, Sometimes, Habit

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• Mental toughness is essential to success.

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  Congratulations, Essentials, Mental Toughness

  Vince Lombardi (1998). “Seeing the Win: Why I Believe Vision Coaching is Vital to Winning Business Teams in the 21st Century”

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• Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Wrestling

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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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  Believe, Winning, Should Have

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, McGraw-Hill Education

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• Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

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  Motivational, Sports, Coaching

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.118, McGraw Hill Professional

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• We 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 Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Prayer

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, McGraw-Hill Education

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