Vince Lombardi Quotes

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

Work, Hard, Through

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.
Vince Lombardi

Success, Family, Ignore

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
Vince Lombardi

Time, Game, Lose

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

School, Football, Study

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
Vince Lombardi

Sports, Winning, Losing

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

Why, Keep, Matter

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Vince Lombardi

Work, Surrender, Harder

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Vince Lombardi

Makes, Cowards, Fatigue

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

Enthusiasm, Fired

Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.
Vince Lombardi

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
Vince Lombardi

Game, Football, Two

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

Real, Coming, Glory

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.
Vince Lombardi

Another, Loved, Individual

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

Effort, Individual, Results

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

Result, Jobs, Judged

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

Impossible, Accomplish

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.
Vince Lombardi

Faith, Yourself, Winner

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.
Vince Lombardi

Control, Win, Leader

Success demands singleness of purpose.
Vince Lombardi

Success, Purpose, Demands

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

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

Time, Game, Place

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: June 11, 1913

Died: September 3, 1970

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