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Gentleman, this is a football.

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
Gentleman
Football

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The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
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I've never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline
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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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Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength.
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You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn't mean a thing. That's for the fans. You've got to win the war with the man in front of you. You've got to get your man.
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Mental toughness is Spartanism, with all its qualities of self-denial, sacrifice, dedication, fearlessness, and love.
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When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
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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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I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.
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Greatness is not attainable, but in the pursuit of it, you can achieve excellence.
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The will to win... the will to achieve...goes dry and arid without continuous renewal.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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Hold it more important to have the players' confidence than their affection.
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There is only one kind of discipline, and that is the perfect discipline. As a leader, you must enforce and maintain that discipline otherwise, you will fail at your job.
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Winning is not a sometime thing it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
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There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.
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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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