Vince Lombardi Quotes

Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.

If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.

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.

If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling.

I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

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.

It is and has always been an American zeal to be first in everything we do, and to win.

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

Relentlessly pursue perfection knowing we won't catch it, but in the process we'll achieve excellence.

Leaders are made, they are not born

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

We run to win, not just to be in the race.

No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere.

One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

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

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.

Don't succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.

I said, 'You missed practice yesterday didn't you?' The player replied, 'No coach, not a bit.'

Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all of the needed talents that go into leadership, each man can develop a combination to make him a leader.

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.

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.

Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.

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

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.

Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

To play this game (football) you must have fire in you, and there is nothing that strokes fire like hate.

I would say that the quality of each man's life is the full measure of that man's commitment of excellence and victory - whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you.

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.

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.

The difference between men is in energy, in the strong will, in the settled purpose and in the invincible determination.

If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

The Winner is always part of the answer.The Loser is always part of the problem.The Winner always has a program.The Loser always has an excuse.The Winner says, "Let me do it for you."The Loser says, "That's not my job."The Winner sees an answer for every problem.The Loser sees a problem for every answer.The Winner sees a green near every sand trapThe Loser sees two or three sand traps near every green.The Winner says, "It may be difficult but it's possible."The Loser says, "It might be possible but it's too difficult."Be a Winner.

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.

I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

Success demands singleness of purpose.

Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him?

If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.

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.

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

Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defense wins.

The joy is in creating, not maintaining.

Football is and always will be a game of blocking and hitting

A disciplined person is the one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

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

I've never been with a losing team in my life, and I don't think I'll start now.

Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.

The successful man is himself. To be successful, you've got to be honest with yourself.

You defeat defeatism with confidence.

Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

The strength of the group is in the will of the leader, and the will is character in action.

Winning is not everything - but making the effort to win was... If you can't accept losing, you can't win.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.

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