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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.
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One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.
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When you're tired, you rationalize. You make excuses in your mind. You say, "I'm too tired; I'm bushed; I can't do this; I'll loaf." Then you're a coward.
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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, 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.
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We live in an age fit for heroes. No time has ever offered such perils or prizes... The test of this century will be whether man confuses the growth of wealth and power with the growth of spirit and character.
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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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The only true satisfaction a player receives is the satisfaction that comes from being part of a successful team, regardless of his personal accomplishments.
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I've been in football all my life, gentlemen, and I don't know whether I'm particularly qualified to be a part of anything else, except I consider it a great game, a game of many assets, by the way, and I think a symbol of what this country's best attributes are: courage and stamina and a coordinated efficiency or teamwork.
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Individual commitment to a group effort— that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
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Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow
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The will to win... the will to achieve...goes dry and arid without continuous renewal.
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There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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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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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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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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There is only one kind of discipline, and that is the perfect discipline. As a leader, you must enforce and maintain that discipline; otherwise, you will fail at your job.
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They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.
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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.
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You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn't mean a thing. That's for the fans. You've got to win the war with the man in front of you. You've got to get your man.
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Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.
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Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
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A leader must identify himself with the group, must back up the group, even at the risk of displeasing superiors. He must believe that the group wants from him a sense of approval. If this feeling prevails, production, discipline, morale will be high, and in return, you can demand the cooperation to promote the goals of the community.
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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.
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Don't succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.
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Vince Lombardi
2007 © Focus on Sport
Born:
June 11, 1913
Died:
September 3, 1970
(aged 57)
Bio:
Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi was an American football player, coach, and executive.
Known for:
What It Takes To Be Number #1
The Lombardi Rules
Run to Daylight (1963)
The Essential Vince Lombardi
Coaching for Teamwork
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