Lombardi Vince Quotes & Sayings

There is only one kind of discipline, and that is the perfect discipline. As a leader, you must enforce and maintain that discipline; otherwise, you will fail at your job. — Vince Lombardi

True perfection is unattainable, but if you chase perfection you will catch excellence! — Vince Lombardi

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

If you can't get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you're in the wrong business. — Vince Lombardi

Mental toughness is essential to success. — Vince Lombardi

To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality. — Vince Lombardi

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall. — Vince Lombardi

I derived my strength from daily mass and communion. — Vince Lombardi

In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful using somebody else's play. — Vince Lombardi

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

Leaders aren't born, they are made. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal which is worthwhile. — Vince Lombardi Jr.

In order to succeed, this group will need a singleness of purpose, they will need a dedication, and they will have to convince all of their prospects of the willingness to sacrifice. — Vince Lombardi

Football is and always will be a game of blocking and hitting — Vince Lombardi

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

Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated. — Vince Lombardi

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. — Vince Lombardi

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

The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable — Vince Lombardi

Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him. — Vince Lombardi

Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder. — Vince Lombardi

If you cheat yourself in practice, you'll cheat yourself in a game; and if you cheat in a game, you'll cheat yourself for the rest of your life. — Vince Lombardi

Football is a game of cliches, and I believe in every one of them. — Vince Lombardi

When you are through trying to improve, you are through. — Vince Lombardi

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. — Vince Lombardi

They may not love you at the time, but they will later. — Vince Lombardi

As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered. Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process. Once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten. If we constantly dwell upon the errors, then the error or failure becomes the goal. — Vince Lombardi

Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength. — Vince Lombardi

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. — Vince Lombardi

We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back. — Vince Lombardi

A team that thinks it's going to lose is going to lose. — Vince Lombardi

When you think about it, what's the difference between Bobby Knight and Vince Lombardi? Why is one guy a god, and the other guy is regarded as a crazy man? — Brian Dennehy

The challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together. — Vince Lombardi

A man is known by the company he owns. — Vince Lombardi

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. — Vince Lombardi

There is no substitute for work. — Vince Lombardi

One's desire, not ability, determines success. — Vince Lombardi

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

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

A leader must identify himself with the group, must back up the group, even at the risk of displeasing superiors. He must believe that the group wants from him a sense of approval. If this feeling prevails, production, discipline, morale will be high, and in return, you can demand the cooperation to promote the goals of the community. — Vince Lombardi

I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there? — Vince Lombardi

Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh. — Vince Lombardi

Truth is, we're a lot better off, and a lot closer to experiencing real, feel-good moments, when we're wringing ourselves out for the glory of God and fulfilling our daily tasks - at work, at home, in ministry, anywhere. What did Vince Lombardi say in that famous speech: I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all 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. — Matt Chandler

Character is the direct result of mental attitude. I believe that character is higher than the intellect. I believe that leadership is in sacrifice, in self-denial, in humility and in the perfectly disciplined will. This is the distinction between great and little men. — Vince Lombardi

There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence. — Vince Lombardi

The best game plan in the world never blocked or tackled anybody. — Vince Lombardi

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

To be successful, a man must exert an effective influence upon his brothers and upon his associates, and the degree in which he accomplishes this depends on the personality of the man. The incandescence of which he is capable. The flame of fire that burns inside of him. The magnetism which draws the heart of other men to him. — Vince Lombardi

If you don't think you're a winner, you don't belong here. — Vince Lombardi

Perfection is not attainable," he used to say, quoting Vince Lombardi. "But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence. — Kathryn Perez

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

I hold it more important to hold the player's confidence than their affection. — Vince Lombardi

Greatness is not attainable, but in the pursuit of it, you can achieve excellence. — Vince Lombardi

While statistics are interesting, they're all in the past. — Vince Lombardi

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

If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough. — Vince Lombardi

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. — Vince Lombardi

There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. — Vince Lombardi

Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale. — Vince Lombardi

To me, the big thing in being a successful team is repetition of what you're doing, either by word of mouth, blackboard, or specifically by work on the field. You repeat, repeat, repeat as a unit. — Vince Lombardi

The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything. — Vince Lombardi Jr.

Winning is not everything it is the only thing — Vince Lombardi

Each of us, if we would grow, must be committed to excellence. The championships, the money, the color; all of these things linger only in the memory. It is the spirit, the will to excel, the will to win; these are the things that endure. — Vince Lombardi

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. — Vince Lombardi

Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. — Vince Lombardi

There are three things important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order. — Vince Lombardi

We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies. — Vince Lombardi

I've been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I'm not without compassion. — Vince Lombardi

Every time a player goes out to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be Number One in any business. But more important, you've got to play with you heart - with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second. — Vince Lombardi

I think you've got to pay the price for anything that's worthwhile, and success is paying the price. You've got to pay the price to win, you've got to pay the price to stay on top, and you 've got to pay the price to get there. — Vince Lombardi

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. — Vince Lombardi

I've never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline — Vince Lombardi

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. — Vince Lombardi

At many a moment on many a day, I am convinced that pro football must be a game for madmen, and I must be one of them. — Vince Lombardi

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

Before I can embrace freedom, I should be aware of what duties I have. — Vince Lombardi

Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only upon capacity; having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it. His leadership is then based on truth and character. There must be truth in the purpose and will power in the character. — Vince Lombardi

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

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall. — Vince Lombardi

I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win. — Vince Lombardi

Nothing drives me more than to, hopefully, be able to hand (Steelers chairman Dan Rooney) that fifth (Vince Lombardi) trophy. If I can do that, then I would think, that when he brought me here, I finally accomplished what he wanted me to do. — Bill Cowher

Perfect Practice Makes Perfect. — Vince Lombardi Jr.

There is no substitute for victory" Oscar Wilde
"I didn't say that--wouldn't have. Maybe it was Vince Lombardi" O.W.

"Not I, either. Try Count von Schlieffen" Vince Lombardi

"What's the big deal. I said it---I think. Doh!" Homer Simpson

"Imposter. 'Twas I." Homer the original (Greek guy) — James J. Bloom

Sometimes we get discouraged and turn to inspirational writing, like stuff from Vince Lombardi: "Quitters never win and winners never quit." Bad advice. Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time. Most people quit. They just don't quit successfully. — Anonymous

Illness and fatigue can be career ending. It mean the fans are sick and tired of you. — Vince Lombardi

Inches make champions. — Vince Lombardi

You defeat defeatism with confidence. — Vince Lombardi

t is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. — Vince Lombardi Jr.

Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism. — Vince Lombardi

Everyone Has A Will To Win But Very Few Have The Will To Prepare To Win — Vince Lombardi

Second place is meaningless. You can't always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been - that you were never beaten - that time just ran out on you. — Vince Lombardi

Mental toughness is Spartanism, with all its qualities of self-denial, sacrifice, dedication, fearlessness, and love. — Vince Lombardi

Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love. — Vince Lombardi

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. — Vince Lombardi

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. — Vince Lombardi

When we place our dependence in God, we are unencumbered, and we have no worry. In fact, we may even be reckless, insofar as our part in the production is concerned. This confidence, this sureness of action, is both contagious and an aid to the perfect action. The rest is in the hands of God - and this is the same God, gentlemen, who has won all His battles up to now. — Vince Lombardi

Lombardi works you so hard," Knafelc once said, "that when he tells you to go to hell, you look forward to the trip. — Vince Lombardi Jr.

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. — Vince Lombardi

Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it. — Vince Lombardi

Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender. — Vince Lombardi