Vince Lombardi Quotes

Vince Lombardi quotes are a favorite not only of sports fans, but anyone who wants to be motivated and succeed in life.

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Achievement

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

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
~ Vince Lombardi

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Character

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
~ Vince Lombardi

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Confidence

Confidence is contagious; so is lack of confidence.
~ Vince Lombardi

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Football

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

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Excellence

If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
~ Vince Lombardi

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
~ 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

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The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.
~ Vince Lombardi

If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
~ Vince Lombardi

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
~ Vince Lombardi

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Leadership

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

Leaders are not born, they're made.
~ Vince Lombardi

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Losing

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
~ Vince Lombardi

If you are not fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
~ Vince Lombardi

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Perseverance

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

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Success

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
~ Vince Lombardi

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
~ 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

Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
~ Vince Lombardi

Success demands singleness of purpose.
~ 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

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
~ Vince Lombardi

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Teamwork

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
~ Vince Lombardi

Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.
~ 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

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defences, or the problems of modern society.
~ 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

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Winning

Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.
~ Vince Lombardi

If you can accept losing, you can't win.
~ Vince Lombardi

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
~ 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

Winning is not everything. It's the only thing.
~ Vince Lombardi

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
~ Vince Lombardi

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