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Vince Lombardi

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Vince Lombardi
Age: 57 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 11
Died: 1970
Died: September 3
American Football Player
Football Player
Brooklyn
New York
Vincent Thomas Lombardi
Football
Gentlemen
Gentleman

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Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.
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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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And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.
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The objective is to win: fairly, squarely, decently, win by the rules, but still win.
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A man is known by the company he owns.
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If you get into the endzone, act as if you've been there before.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up.
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Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
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Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
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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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I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it ... Autograph your work with excellence.
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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, or specifically by work on the field. You repeat, repeat, repeat as a unit.
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Leaders are made, they are not born
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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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Winning is not a sometime thing it's an all the time thing.
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I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?
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Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
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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.
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