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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
Football
Team
Results
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Running
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Organization

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In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.
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We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
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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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You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.
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We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.
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Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
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I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
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Each of us, if we would grow, must be committed to excellence. The championships, the money, the color all of these things linger only in the memory. It is the spirit, the will to excel, the will to win these are the things that endure.
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It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.
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They may not love you at the time, but they will later.
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I don't necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.
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Inches make a champion.
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Relentlessly pursue perfection knowing we won't catch it, but in the process we'll achieve excellence.
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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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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.
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