Vince Lombardi Quotes - Page 9

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• 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

  Football, Motivational Sports, Winning

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.20, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh.

  Vince Lombardi

  Football, Team, Pittsburgh

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• Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism.

  Vince Lombardi

  Truth, Organization, Coaching

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.118, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Football is a game of cliches, and I believe in every one of them.

  Vince Lombardi

  Football, Believe, Games

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• No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in the mind.

  Vince Lombardi

  Hurt, Mind

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• The strength of the group is in the will of the leader, and the will is character in action.

  Vince Lombardi

  Leadership, Character, Groups

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• Illness and fatigue can be career ending. It mean the fans are sick and tired of you.

  Vince Lombardi

  Tired, Mean, Careers

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• I've been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I'm not without compassion.

  Vince Lombardi

  Compassion, Accused, Shows

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• Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.

  Vince Lombardi

  Teamwork, Business, Inspirational Football

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.60, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Inches make a champion.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Champion

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• To be successful, a man must exert an effective influence upon his brothers and upon his associates, and the degree in which he accomplishes this depends on the personality of the man. The incandescence of which he is capable. The flame of fire that burns inside of him. The magnetism which draws the heart of other men to him.

  Vince Lombardi

  Brother, Passion, Heart

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.96, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I've been in football all my life, gentlemen, and I don't know whether I'm particularly qualified to be a part of anything else, except I consider it a great game, a game of many assets, by the way, and I think a symbol of what this country's best attributes are: courage and stamina and a coordinated efficiency or teamwork.

  Vince Lombardi

  Teamwork, Football, Country

  Vince Lombardi (2001). “What It Takes To Be Number #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.15, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Hold it more important to have the players' confidence than their affection.

  Vince Lombardi

  Basketball, Player, Coaching

  "What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership".

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• I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?

  Vince Lombardi

  Sports, Thinking, Lines

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• Greatness is not attainable, but in the pursuit of it, you can achieve excellence.

  Vince Lombardi

  Greatness, Excellence, Achieve

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• At many a moment on many a day, I am convinced that pro football must be a game for madmen, and I must be one of them.

  Vince Lombardi

  Football, Games, Nfl

  Vince Lombardi (2001). “What It Takes To Be Number #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.15, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Gentleman, this is a football.

  Vince Lombardi

  Football, Gentleman

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• [Football is] a game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.

  Vince Lombardi

  Football, Games, Conjuring

  The New York Times, December 10, 1967.

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• Leaders are made, they are not born

  Vince Lombardi

  Singleness Of Purpose, Effort, Leader

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.61, Thomas Nelson Inc

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