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Football is a game of cliches, and I believe in every one of them.

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
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We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies.
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Don't succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.
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Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
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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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Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
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Gentlemen, this is the football.
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There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.
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There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.
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Second place is meaningless. You can't always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been - that you were never beaten - that time just ran out on you.
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Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.
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The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.
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I don't build character. I eliminate the people who don't have it.
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One's desire, not ability, determines success.
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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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I said, 'You missed practice yesterday didn't you?' The player replied, 'No coach, not a bit.'
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You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.
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Many more things would be accomplished if we didn't consider them impossible.
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