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Quotes by Vince Lombardi


Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
– Vince Lombardi
A game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.
– Vince Lombardi
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
– Vince Lombardi
A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
– Vince Lombardi
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
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
– Vince Lombardi
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
I am the Fred Astaire of karate.
– Vince Lombardi
I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?
– 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 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
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 is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
– 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
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
Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.
– 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
Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
– Vince Lombardi
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
– Vince Lombardi
Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
– Vince Lombardi
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
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 quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
– Vince Lombardi
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
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 not everything, but wanting to win is.
– Vince Lombardi
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
– 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
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 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
Success demands singleness of purpose.
– 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
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
– Vince Lombardi
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
– Vince Lombardi