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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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No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in the mind.
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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 good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.
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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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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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Praise in public criticize in private.
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If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.
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Winning is not a sometime thing it's an all the time thing.
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Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority are the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
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Winning is not the most important thing it's everything.
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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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A leader must identify himself with the group, must back up the group, even at the risk of displeasing superiors. He must believe that the group wants from him a sense of approval. If this feeling prevails, production, discipline, morale will be high, and in return, you can demand the cooperation to promote the goals of the community.
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The joy is in creating, not maintaining.
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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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If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
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Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again.
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People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
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If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
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Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
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