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There is no substitute for work.

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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
Work
Substitute
Substitutes
Sacrifice
Success

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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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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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The objective is to win: fairly, squarely, decently, win by the rules, but still win.
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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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We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.
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If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
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Football is blocking and tackling. Everything else is mythology.
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Illness and fatigue can be career ending. It mean the fans are sick and tired of you.
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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 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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There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.
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If you don't think you're a winner, you don't belong here.
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Champions make their own luck.
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Greatness is not attainable, but in the pursuit of it, you can achieve excellence.
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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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Leaders are made, they are not born
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Hold it more important to have the players' confidence than their affection.
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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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Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.
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I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?
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