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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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Vince Lombardi
Age: 57 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 11
Died: 1970
Died: September 3
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Vincent Thomas Lombardi
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The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.
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We don't pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.
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The challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together.
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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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People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
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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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Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it.
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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
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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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There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.
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And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.
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Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh.
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Winning isn't everything, but striving to win is.
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When you travel with the team and you eat with the team - you eat what the team eats.
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A disciplined person is the one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.
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Gentlemen, this is the football.
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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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If you give me anything less than your best, you're not only cheating yourself. your coaches, your teamates, everybody in Green Bay, and everything pro football stands for. Your also cheating the Maker who gave you the talent.
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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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