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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.

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
Someone
Knocked
Back
Measure
Good
Treats
Men
Absolutely
Fun
Wisdom
Whether
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If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling.
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You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn't mean a thing. That's for the fans. You've got to win the war with the man in front of you. You've got to get your man.
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One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.
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Choose to achieve perfection. We won't achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
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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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If you really want something , you can have it if you're willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.
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They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.
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Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
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I would say that the quality of each man's life is the full measure of that man's commitment of excellence and victory - whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you.
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