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Vince Lombardi

(1913–1970) American Football Coach

251 quotes in 918 categories

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 professional football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL). Lombardi is considered by many to be among the greatest coaches and leaders in American sports. He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight and five total NFL Championships in seven years, in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls at the conclusion of the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Vince Lombardi · Page 4

There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.

Achieve

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

Authority

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

Bits

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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 -…

Believe

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

Attitude

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

Black

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Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over…

Basketball

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I've never been with a losing team in my life, and I don't think I'll start now.

Life

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If you don't think you're a winner, you don't belong here.

Habit

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Winning is not everything - but making the effort to win was... If you can't accept losing, you can't win.

Accepting

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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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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Education

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Illness and fatigue can be career ending. It mean the fans are sick and tired of you.

Careers

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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,…

Believe

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Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh.

Building

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A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

Discipline

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

Failure

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If you give me anything less than your best, you're not only cheating yourself. your coaches, your teamates, everybody in Green Bay,…

Cheating

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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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Winners never quit and quitters never win.

Never quit

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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.

Battle

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

Basketball coaching

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The coaches who win are the ones who can motivate their players. Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.

Coaches

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Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.

Basketball coach

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I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.

Best

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Vince Lombardi by topic

Success (52) Sports (41) Inspirational (41) Winning (36) Football (29) Leadership (27) Men (25) Motivational (23) Excellence (22) Coaching (22) Ifs (21) Time (19) Love (18) Life (18) Leader (15)