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Vince Lombardi

(1913–1970) American Football Coach

251 quotes in 918 categories

Winning is a habit, Vince Lombardi notes, but losing can become a habit too. He says you must try things beyond what you already master to grow. He also believes the real reward comes from being part of a successful team, not just personal glory.

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Vince Lombardi was an American football coach, best known for What It Takes to Be #1.

Quick Facts About Vince Lombardi

Born: June 11, 1913
Died: September 3, 1970
Profession: American Football Coach
Notable works: What It Takes to Be #1

About Vince Lombardi

Vincent Thomas Lombardi was an American football coach who led the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s. He guided the team to five NFL championships, including three straight wins, and the first two Super Bowls. Many view him as one of the greatest coaches and leaders in American sports.

Quotes by Vince Lombardi

Leaders are made, they are not born

Best performance

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Gentlemen, this is the football.

Football

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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Education

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Inches make a champion.

Champion

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No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in the mind.

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Winners never quit and quitters never win.

Football

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A man is known by the company he owns.

Business

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Mental toughness is essential to success.

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

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Football is and always will be a game of blocking and hitting

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They do not truly love who do not show their love.

Love

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It is easier to talk a big game than to play one.

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A good executive goes around with a worried look on his assistants.

Anxiety

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The objective is to win: fairly, squarely, decently, win by the rules, but still win.

Football

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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

Football

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

Coaching

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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.

Adversity

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Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man…

Life

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Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it -…

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

Accomplishment

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If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling.

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

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Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.

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It takes months to find a customer . . . seconds to lose one. Do not follow where the path may lead.…

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Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending…

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I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is…

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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…

Football

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To me, the big thing in being a successful team is repetition of what you're doing, either by word of mouth, blackboard,…

Basketball

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We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait…

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The challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually…

Challenges

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Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of…

Dedication

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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,…

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“Excellence must be pursued, it must be wooed with all of one’s might and every bit of effort that we have each…

Excellence

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When we place our dependence in God, we are unencumbered, and we have no worry. In fact, we may even be reckless,…

Action

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Every time a player goes out to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles…

Athlete

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As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered. Errors,…

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The Winner is always part of the answer. The Loser is always part of the problem. The Winner always has a program.…

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After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back…

American football

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Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory,…

Being successful

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Gentleman, this is a football.

Football

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Vince Lombardi by topic

Football (76) Success (53) Sports (41) Inspirational (41) Winning (39) Leadership (27) Men (25) Motivational (23) Excellence (22) Coaching (22) Leader (20) Time (19) Love (18) Life (18) Hard work (15) Games (15) Teamwork (14) Team (14) Motivational sports (14)