Vince Lombardi Quotes - Page 3

If you really want something , you can have it if you're willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don't do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.

Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.

There is no substitute for work.

We don't pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.

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.

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

Praise in public; criticize in private.

Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.

Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength.

Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

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.

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

Leadership rests not only on outstanding ability. It also rests on commitment, loyalty and pride. It rests on followers who are ready to accept guidance. Leadership is the ability to direct people and - more important - to have those people accept that direction.

I don't necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.

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.

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.

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.

Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

Live as if you were living already for the second time.

Relentlessly pursue perfection knowing we won't catch it, but in the process we'll achieve excellence.

Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.

If you cheat yourself in practice, you'll cheat yourself in a game; and if you cheat in a game, you'll cheat yourself for the rest of your life.

Mental toughness is essential to success.