Inspirational Quotes from Vince Lombardi

Inspirational quotes from Vince Lombardi

Some of the most inspirational quotes come from sports people and none come more inspirational than the legendary Vince Lombardi. The head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960's where he won five National Football league Championships and two Super Bowl victories. Below is a list of some of his most inspirational quotes.

"Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."

"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence."

"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."

"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,"

"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."

"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."

"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect"

"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible."

"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."

"Success demands singleness of purpose. "

"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."

"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."

"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible."

"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it."

"If you can accept losing, you can't win."

"The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual."

"Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result."

"People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society."

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfilment 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."

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour."

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