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The successful man is himself. To be successful, you've got to be honest with yourself.

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
Men
Honest
Successful

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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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There are three things important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order.
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We didn't lose the game we just ran out of time.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Ann Landers It's not whether you get knocked down it's whether you get back up.
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At many a moment on many a day, I am convinced that pro football must be a game for madmen, and I must be one of them.
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It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.
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The will to win... the will to achieve...goes dry and arid without continuous renewal.
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If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
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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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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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Winning is not everything - but making the effort to win was... If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
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In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally.
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