Lombardi Quotes

• You might reduce Lombardi's coaching philosophy to a single sentence: In any game, you do the things you do best and you do them over and over and over.

  George Halas

  Teamwork, Philosophy, Games

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• I think it was the preparation and every thing Lombardi represented, you know, about hard work and that every game was important. So when you get to the real important games, you were ready to go.

  Ray Nitschke

  Real, Hard Work, Thinking

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• I think the Lombardi teams enjoyed and wanted to get into the big games.

  Ray Nitschke

  Team, Thinking, Games

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• I think it was coach Lombardi that said, 'Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.' And that's so true.

  Mike Sherman

  Adversity, Character, Thinking

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• Making the effort to improve as a human being is what Coach Lombardi was all about. He was able to see the gap between where we were and what we could become-both as football players and as people. And he felt it was his God-given responsibility to close that gap.

  Jerry Kramer

  Football, Responsibility, Player

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• Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and November mud He remains for many the heart of pro football, pumping hard right now.

  Steve Sabol

  Football, Heart, Names

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Lombardi, Shula, Landry and Gibbs were innovators. Bill Walsh was a visionary . . . .

  Michael Wilbon

  Visionaries, Bills, Innovators

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• It's named the Lombardi Trophy for a reason, because we play and live in Titledown. We've got the best fans, and I can't wait to go home and see those fans and bring home the Lombardi Trophy.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Football, Home, Mvp

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• I love our fans. Our fans are so supportive. It's been incredible to end four playoff games with 'Go Pack Go.' It's great at home, they travel well, it's on a first-name basis. It's a special play to play and all of us are blessed to play in Green Bay, and hopefully we will be repaying those fans with the Lombardi trophy.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Football, Blessed, Home

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• Vince Lombardi says, you know, "In my life, there are three things: God, family and the Green Bay Packers, in that order. For me, it's God, family and Yahoo!, in that order.

  Marissa Mayer

  Inspirational, Order, Empowering

  "News Stream" with Kristie Lu Stout, www.cnn.com. November 28, 2012.

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• Coach Lombardi showed me that by working hard and using my mind, I could overcome my weakness to the point where I could be one of the best.

  Bart Starr

  Nfl, Mind, Weakness

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• Lombardi has to have the highest threshold of pain in the world - none of our injuries hurts him at all.

  Jerry Kramer

  Leadership, Sports, Hurt

  Jerry Kramer (2008). “Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer”, p.112, Anchor

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• My vision that I’m living is to see two more daughters get married, dance at their weddings and then lift the Lombardi Trophy several times.

  Chuck Pagano

  Daughter, Mother, Wedding

  "Watch the Postgame Speech By the NFL Coach Battling Leukemia That" by Jonathon M. Seidl, www.theblaze.com. November 4, 2012.

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• Coach Lombardi had the nerve to draft me number oneAnd I said I have to repay this man for having the nerve to draft me number one.

  Herb Adderley

  Men, Numbers, Nerves

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• Nothing drives me more than to, hopefully, be able to hand (Steelers chairman Dan Rooney) that fifth (Vince Lombardi) trophy. If I can do that, then I would think, that when he brought me here, I finally accomplished what he wanted me to do.

  Bill Cowher

  Thinking, Hands, Able

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