| Winners by Vince Lombardi |
| "There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. I do, and I demand that my players do." "Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. It"s qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disiplines will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action." "Confidence is contagious and so is lack of confidence, and a customer will recognize both." "If you believe in yourself and have the courgae, the determination, the dedication, and the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrafice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done." "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 and his heart - what is life worth to him? If I were a salesman I would make this commitment to my company, to the product and most of all, to myself." "Individual commitment to a group effort--that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." "Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale." "A leader must believe in teamwork through participation. He can never close the gap between hinself and the group. He must walk, as it were, a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert." "To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price. Success is like anything worthwhile. It has a price. You have to to pay the price to the point where success is possible. Most important, you must pay the price to stay there." "Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches 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." "The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's you mind you hane to convince. Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are saccrfice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined wit a perfectly disiplined will that refuses to give in. It is a state of mind--you could call it character in action." "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." " Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success." " It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." "Winning is not everything-- but the effort to win is." "Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-- the result." "Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in awhile; you don't do the right thing once in awhile; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." " 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 spirit, the will to win and the will to excel--these are the things that endure and these are qualities that are so much more important than any of the events that occasion them." "It is essential to understand that battles are primarly 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." |
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