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Champions make their own luck.

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
Luck
Make
Champions
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If you don't think you're a winner, you don't belong here.
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Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it.
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Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again.
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Gentlemen, this is the football.
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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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You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
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To play this game (football) you must have fire in you, and there is nothing that strokes fire like hate.
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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
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Leadership is based on a spiritual quality the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow
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If you can accept losing, you can't win.
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To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality.
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All right mister, let me tell you that winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.
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I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?
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A leader must identify himself with the group, must back up the group, even at the risk of displeasing superiors. He must believe that the group wants from him a sense of approval. If this feeling prevails, production, discipline, morale will be high, and in return, you can demand the cooperation to promote the goals of the community.
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They do not truly love who do not show their love.
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Football is a game of cliches, and I believe in every one of them.
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Live as if you were living already for the second time.
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[Football is] a game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.
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If you cheat yourself in practice, you'll cheat yourself in a game and if you cheat in a game, you'll cheat yourself for the rest of your life.
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