American football coach (1913-1970)
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, "The Wisdom of Vince Lombardi", The Mirror, June 11, 2013
Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, Friday Night Light: Inspiration for the Game of Life
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership
The quality of each man's life is the full measure of that man's personal commitment to excellence and to victory.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, The Coaches' Chalkboard
A disciplined person is the one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, The Lombardi Rules: 25 Lessons from Vince Lombardi, the World's Greatest Coach
Success demands singleness of purpose.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership
That's the only way I'd take the job. I doubt if I would have come just as coach. This is a better challenge, a better opportunity. I'll have to have a very fine staff and I'm sure I will.
VINCE LOMBARDI
when asked about the dual job of general manager and coach, Milwaukee Journal, January 28, 1959
Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, Vince Lombardi's Winning Ways
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
attributed, Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership
I've never been connected with a losing team and I hope to instill a winning spirit in the Packers in a lot less than five years.
VINCE LOMBARDI
Milwaukee Journal, January 28, 1959
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
attributed, "Greatest Vince Lombardi Quotes", NFL.com
Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership
[Football is] a game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.
VINCE LOMBARDI
New York Times, December 10, 1967
In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful using somebody else's play.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership
You have to pay the price to win and you have to pay the price to get to the point where success is possible. Most important, you must pay the price to stay there.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership
The objective is to win -- fairly, squarely, decently, by the rules, but to win.
VINCE LOMBARDI
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