Wednesday, May 21, 2008

The Gospel According to Vince Lombardi

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. VL

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. Vince Lombardi
Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Vince Lombardi
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. Vince Lombardi
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
If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
Vince Lombardi
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? Vince Lombardi
If you can accept losing you can't win. If you can walk you can run. No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in your mind.
Vince Lombardi
If you can accept losing, you can't win. Vince Lombardi
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi
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
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. Vince Lombardi
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
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 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. Vince Lombardi
Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now! Vince Lombardi
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 Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. Vince Lombardi
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
Vince Lombardi
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
Success demands singleness of purpose.
Vince Lombardi
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
Vince Lombardi
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
The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
Vince Lombardi
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Vince Lombardi
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
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
Vince Lombardi
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Vince Lombardi
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
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
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
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
Vince Lombardi
We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible. Vince Lombardi
Winners never quit and quitters never win. Vince Lombardi
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
Vince Lombardi
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
Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. Vince Lombardi
Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything. Vince Lombardi
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
Vince Lombardi


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