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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.

Vince Lombardi

Possibilities
2

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

Vince Lombardi

Football
3

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 enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.

Vince Lombardi

Dedication
4

All right Mister, let me tell you what winning means... you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.

Vince Lombardi

Winners and Winning
5

Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.

Vince Lombardi

Teamwork
6

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

Vince Lombardi

Coaches and Coaching
7

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.

Vince Lombardi

Price
8

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.

Vince Lombardi

Football
9

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

Vince Lombardi

Fatigue
10

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

Vince Lombardi

Football
11

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.

Vince Lombardi

Fulfillment
12

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.

Vince Lombardi

Training
13

If you aren't fired up with enthusiasm, you'll be fired with enthusiasm.

Vince Lombardi

Enthusiasm
14

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.

Vince Lombardi

Winners and Winning
15

If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.

Vince Lombardi

Excellence
16

Inches make champions.

Vince Lombardi

Things and Little Things
17

Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Vince Lombardi

Teamwork
18

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.

Vince Lombardi

Participation
19

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

Faith
20

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

Vince Lombardi

Commitment
21

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.

Vince Lombardi

Leaders and Leadership
22

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.

Vince Lombardi

Leaders and Leadership
23

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.

Vince Lombardi

Humility
24

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.

Vince Lombardi

Price
25

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Vince Lombardi

Habit
26

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

Vince Lombardi

Cooperation
27

Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

Vince Lombardi

Practice
28

Run for daylight.

Vince Lombardi

Risk
29

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

Vince Lombardi

Results
30

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

Vince Lombardi

Football
31

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.

Vince Lombardi

Teamwork
32

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

Vince Lombardi

Teamwork
33

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.

Vince Lombardi

Commitment
34

The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.

Vince Lombardi

Attitude
35

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

Vince Lombardi

Work
36

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.

Vince Lombardi

Leaders and Leadership
37

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

Determination
38

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

Commitment
39

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

Will and Will Power
40

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.

Vince Lombardi

Winners and Winning
41

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.

Vince Lombardi

Giving
42

Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

Vince Lombardi

Winners and Winning
43

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Vince Lombardi

Winners and Winning
44

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.

Vince Lombardi

Winners and Winning
45

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.

Vince Lombardi

Desire
46

You've got to be in top physical condition. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

Vince Lombardi

Fatigue

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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.

All right Mister, let me tell you what winning means... you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.

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.

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.

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

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

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.

If you aren't fired up with enthusiasm, you'll 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'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.

Inches make champions.

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 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've got to have is faith and discipline when you're not yet 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 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.

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.

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 defenses, or the problems of modern society.

Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

Run for daylight.

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will all 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.

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.

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

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 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.

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.

Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

Winning is a 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 isn't everything, but wanting to win is.

You've got to be in top physical condition. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.