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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.

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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Winning
Making
Everything
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Losing
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