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Inches make a champion.

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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
Inches
Champion
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Winning is not the most important thing it's everything.
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I think good physical conditioning is essential to any occupation. A man who is physically fit performs better at any job. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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[Football is] a game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.
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Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
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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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If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
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I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
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We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
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The objective is to win: fairly, squarely, decently, win by the rules, but still win.
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I've been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I'm not without compassion.
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To be successful, a man must exert an effective influence upon his brothers and upon his associates, and the degree in which he accomplishes this depends on the personality of the man. The incandescence of which he is capable. The flame of fire that burns inside of him. The magnetism which draws the heart of other men to him.
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Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good.
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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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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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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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Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism.
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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
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Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only upon capacity having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it. His leadership is then based on truth and character. There must be truth in the purpose and will power in the character.
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