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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.

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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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If you can't get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you're in the wrong business.
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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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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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
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Praise in public criticize in private.
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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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The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
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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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You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.
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The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.
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The successful man is himself. To be successful, you've got to be honest with yourself.
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In order to succeed, this group will need a singleness of purpose, they will need a dedication, and they will have to convince all of their prospects of the willingness to sacrifice.
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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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Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.
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Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization.
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The objective is to win: fairly, squarely, decently, win by the rules, but still win.
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Leadership rests not only on outstanding ability. It also rests on commitment, loyalty and pride. It rests on followers who are ready to accept guidance. Leadership is the ability to direct people and - more important - to have those people accept that direction.
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