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

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

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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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To play this game (football) you must have fire in you, and there is nothing that strokes fire like hate.
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There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.
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We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies.
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