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Famous Vince Lombardi Quotes

“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.”

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

“Winners never quit and quitters never win.”

“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.”

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

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

“Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

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

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

“Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.”

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

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

“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.”

“Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”

“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”

“Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.”

“Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.”

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

“Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.”

“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.”

“If you give me anything less than your best, you're not only cheating yourself. your coaches, your teamates, everybody in Green Bay, and everything pro football stands for. Your also cheating the Maker who gave you the talent.”