Vincent Thomas “Vince” Lombardi was an American football player, coach, and executive in the National Football League.
Born: June 11, 1913, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Died: September 3, 1970, Washington, D.C., United States
Read below some quotes of Vince Lombardi.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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.
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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.
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.
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.
We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.
Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Winning is a habit. Watch your thoughts, they become your beliefs. Watch your beliefs, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
