Vince Lombardi Quotes

• If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you’ll be fired with enthusiasm.

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• Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.

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• The quality of a man’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.

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• Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.

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• Winners never quit and quitters never win.

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

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• We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

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

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• 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.

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

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

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

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• The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

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

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• 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Birth:	11th June, 1913
Death:	3rd September, 1970
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Football Analyst

About

Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi was an American football coach. He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight league championships and five in seven years, including winning the first two Super Bowls following the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons.

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