Vince Lombardi Quotes & Vince Lombardi Sayings

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. A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall. After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the endu All right Mister, let me tell you what winning means... you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else. Be fired with enthusiasm or you'll be fired with enthusiasm. Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity. Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate. Confidence is contagious; so is lack of confidence 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. Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up -- from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's OK You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second. Fatigue makes cowards of us all. Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. getting to the final is everything, and winning is icing on the cake. I have been wounded but not yet slain. I shall lie here and bleed awile. Then I shall rise and fight again. The title of champion may from time to time fall to others more than ourselves. But the heart, the spirit, and the soul of champions remains in Green Bay. I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline... I firmly believe that any man's finest hour-this greatest fulfillment to all 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. If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? If you are not fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. If you aren't fired up with enthusiasm, you'll be fired with enthusiasm. If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. 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. If you can accept losing, you can't win. If you can't accept losing, you can't win. Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it. 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. 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. It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. 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. Leaders are not born, they're made. 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. 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. Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. 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. Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now! 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. 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. Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defences, or the problems of modern society. People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society. Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. Run for daylight. Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things-blocking and tackling. Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist; but football is only two things - blocking and tackling. Success demands singleness of purpose The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. The character of a person is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence. The 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. The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. 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. 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. The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time. The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. 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. The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have. 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. The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. 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. 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. 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. 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. There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and I demand that my players do. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle... victorious. We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time. We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time. When you've got the momentum in a football game... that is a time to keep going and get it into the end zone, ... We want to score for America's families. Winners never quit and quitters never win. Winning is a habit. Unfortuantely, so is losing. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. 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. Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the 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 a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place…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. Every time a football player goes to play his trade he's got to play from the ground up-from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second… It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there-to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules-but to win. And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat. I don't say these things because I believe in the "brute" nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But 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. Winning is not a sometime thing; its an all the 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 a habit. Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is Winning is not everything. It's the only thing. Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything. Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is