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If you get into the endzone, act as if you've been there before.

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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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We live in an age fit for heroes. No time has ever offered such perils or prizes... The test of this century will be whether man confuses the growth of wealth and power with the growth of spirit and character.
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A good executive goes around with a worried look on his assistants.
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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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Gentlemen, this is the football.
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Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
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There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.
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And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.
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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand
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Leaders aren't born they are made.
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Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.
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If you can accept losing, you can't win.
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It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
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The strength of the group is in the will of the leader, and the will is character in action.
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In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally.
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Mental toughness is essential to success.
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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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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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They may not love you at the time, but they will later.
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