Vince Lombardi Quotes
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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We run to win, not just to be in the race.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.
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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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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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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.
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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.
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I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.
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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
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If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
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Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same.
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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.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Battles are won in the hearts of men.
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Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
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Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
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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.
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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
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Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.
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The difference between men is in energy, in the strong will, in the settled purpose and in the invincible determination.
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People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
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I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.