Vince Lombardi Quotes

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

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.

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

Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.

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

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

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.

The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.

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.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

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

Everyone Has A Will To Win But Very Few Have The Will To Prepare To Win

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.

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

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.

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

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

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.

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

[Football is] a game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it ... Autograph your work with excellence.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

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

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

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.

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 good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.

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.

Don't succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.

If you can't get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you're in the wrong business.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.

Second place is meaningless. You can't always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been - that you were never beaten - that time just ran out on you.

Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.

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

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.

I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

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

One's desire, not ability, determines success.

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.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.