Vince Lombardi Quotes

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.

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

The Winner is always part of the answer. The Loser is always part of the problem. The Winner always has a program. The Loser always has an excuse. The Winner says, "Let me do it for you." The Loser says, "That's not my job." The Winner sees an answer for every problem. The Loser sees a problem for every answer. The Winner sees a green near every sand trap The Loser sees two or three sand traps near every green. The Winner says, "It may be difficult but it's possible." The Loser says, "It might be possible but it's too difficult." Be a Winner.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

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.

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

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

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.

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.

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.

Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action.

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.

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

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.

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

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

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.

As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered. Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process. Once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten. If we constantly dwell upon the errors, then the error or failure becomes the goal.

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.