If winning isn’t everything then why do they keep score?
—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
Topics: Excellence, Quality, Ambition, Commitment
Inches make champions.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Little Things, One Step at a Time, Things
Think of only three things: your God, your family and the Green Bay Packers—in that order.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Health, Optimism, Positive Attitudes
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.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Determination, Success & Failure
Football is blocking and tackling. Everything else is mythology.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Simplicity
Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Leadership
Run for daylight.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Risk
It is time for us all to cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.
—Vince Lombardi
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Teamwork, Entrepreneurs, Organization, Teams, Effort, Accomplishment
It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you’ve got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not yet a winner.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Optimism, Faith
Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Teamwork, Commitment, Perseverance, Teams
If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you’ll be fired with enthusiasm.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Attitude, Passion, Enthusiasm
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Self Confidence, Assurance, Confidence
The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
—Vince Lombardi
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Desire, Desires
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: One liners, Habits
Winners make it happen – losers let it happen.
Winners make choices – losers take chances.
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Sports, Winning
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
Topics: Will Power, Will, Determination, Willpower
You’ve got to be in top physical condition. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Work
We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Time, Baseball
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Work
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
—Vince Lombardi
Topics: Winning, One liners, Winners, Habits, Habit
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- Mike Ditka American Sportsperson
- Yogi Berra American Sportsperson
- Mario Andretti Italian-born American Sportsperson
- Woody Hayes American Sportsperson
- Michael Jordan American Sportsperson
- Babe Ruth American Baseball Player
- Tiger Woods American Sportsperson
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