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Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization.

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
Running
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Organization
Football
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Winning

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If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
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The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.
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Football isn't a contact sport it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
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