Vince Lombardi Quotes - Page 6

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one's mind.

To play this game (football) you must have fire in you, and there is nothing that strokes fire like hate.

They do not truly love who do not show their love.

There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.

I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.

Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won. Yet that victory might be pursued and wooed with every fiber of our body, with every bit of our might and all our effort. And each week, there is a new encounter; each day, there is a new challenge.

Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

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.

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.

Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority are the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere.

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

Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.

A good executive goes around with a worried look on his assistants.

To me, the big thing in being a successful team is repetition of what you're doing, either by word of mouth, blackboard, or specifically by work on the field. You repeat, repeat, repeat as a unit.

When you're tired, you rationalize. You make excuses in your mind. You say, "I'm too tired; I'm bushed; I can't do this; I'll loaf." Then you're a coward.

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

Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.

Before I can embrace freedom, I should be aware of what duties I have.

There is only one kind of discipline, and that is the perfect discipline. As a leader, you must enforce and maintain that discipline; otherwise, you will fail at your job.

I think good physical conditioning is essential to any occupation. A man who is physically fit performs better at any job. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.

Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all of the needed talents that go into leadership, each man can develop a combination to make him a leader.