Vince Lombardi Quotes - Page 3

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• If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

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  Minutes, Late, Five

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• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.

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  Failure, Commitment, Weight Loss

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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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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

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  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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.

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  Mistake, Purpose, Steps

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• We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.

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  Greatness, Perfect, Achieve

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• 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.

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  Motivational, Encouraging, Encouragement

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• Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

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  Sports, Respect, Football

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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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• 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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• Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength.

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  Basketball, Coaching, Opponents

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• 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.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

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

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• There is no substitute for work.

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  Success, Sacrifice, Substitutes

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

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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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• Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "Donald Trump’s Concession Speech" by Noam Bramson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 02, 2016.

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• Praise in public; criticize in private.

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  Praise, Criticize

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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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• Leadership rests not only on outstanding ability. It also rests on commitment, loyalty and pride. It rests on followers who are ready to accept guidance. Leadership is the ability to direct people and - more important - to have those people accept that direction.

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  Motivational, Sports, Loyalty

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.36, McGraw Hill Professional

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• I don't build character. I eliminate the people who don't have it.

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  Character, People

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• You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn't mean a thing. That's for the fans. You've got to win the war with the man in front of you. You've got to get your man.

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  War, Mean, Winning

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.257, 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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• 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.

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  Practice, Games, Rest Of Your Life

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• Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

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  Inspirational, Success, Softball

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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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