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Mental toughness is a state of mind - you could call it 'character in action.'

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
Action
Character
States
Mind
Toughness
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Discipline
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The will to win... the will to achieve...goes dry and arid without continuous renewal.
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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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Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it.
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Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
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