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Winning isn't everything, but striving to win is.

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
Striving
Strive
Sports
Winning
Everything

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Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism.
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Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.
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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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