Quotes by Vince Lombardi

• Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
• Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
• Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
• Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
• Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
• Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
• I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?
• I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
• If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
• If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
• If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
• If you can accept losing, you can't win.
• Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
• Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
• Winners never quit and quitters never win.
• 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.
• 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.
• Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
• People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
• Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
• Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
• Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
• Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.
• Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
• Success demands singleness of purpose.
• 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.
• The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
• It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.
• The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
• A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
• Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
• The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
• The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
• The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
• The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
• The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
• The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
• 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.
• Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
• We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
• Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.
• Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
• We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
• The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
• Success does not come from never failing, but from rising every time you fall.
• Success is not in never failing, but rising every time we fall.
• Success is not about how high you climb, but how you bounce back when you hit the bottom.
• Success is not measured by how high you climb, but by how many times you get back up after you fall.
• Success is not measured by how high you climb, but by how many times you get up after you fall.
• Success is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall.
• Success is not about how high you climb, but how well you bounce back when you fall.
• Success is not in how high you climb, but in how you bounce back when you fall.
• Success is not defined by how high you climb, but by how many times you get up when you fall.
• The greatest power is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.
• Success is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
• Success is not defined by how high you climb, but by how high you bounce back when you hit the ground.
• Success is not in how well you play the game, but in how you recover when you stumble.
• Success is not defined by how high you climb, but by how high you bounce back when you hit rock bottom.
• Success is not defined by how high you climb, but by how you bounce back when you hit the ground.
• Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man; but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
• The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary
• Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
• Success is no accident; it is the result of hard work, perseverance, learning, and sacrifice.
• The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
• Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
• Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is
• Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
• The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare
• Remember, perfection is not attainable but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.
• The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength or knowledge, but lack of will
• A quitter never wins, a winner never quits.
• greatness is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall
• Success is not defined by how high you have climbed, but by how many times you have risen after falling.
• Success is stumbling and slipping, but never losing sight of your goal.
• Winners never quit and quitters never win
• The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field.
• The only place where success come before work is in the dictionary.
• The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.
• The only place success comes before work is the dictionary.
• Climbing to the top demands strength, whether on a mountain or in life.
• The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary!
• Life is like a skateboard; if you’re not falling occasionally, you’re not trying hard enough.
• The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!
• Success isn’t always about greatness; it’s about perseverance. Never give up on yourself!
• The only difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
• Success is not always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.