Vince Lombardi Quotes - Page 7

In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

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 darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable

In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful using somebody else's play.

And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.

Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it.

I think you've got to pay the price for anything that's worthwhile, and success is paying the price. You've got to pay the price to win, you've got to pay the price to stay on top, and you 've got to pay the price to get there.

A man is known by the company he owns.

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.

I would say that the quality of each man's life is the full measure of that man's commitment of excellence and victory - whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you.

I said, 'You missed practice yesterday didn't you?' The player replied, 'No coach, not a bit.'

Football is blocking and tackling. Everything else is mythology.

Inches make champions.

We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies.

Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price

Success is like anything worthwhile. It has a price. You have to pay the price to get to the point where success is possible.

The coaches who win are the ones who can motivate their players. Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.

Gentlemen, this is the football.

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

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.

Each of us, if we would grow, must be committed to excellence. The championships, the money, the color; all of these things linger only in the memory. It is the spirit, the will to excel, the will to win; these are the things that endure.

Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again.