Vince Lombardi Quotes

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

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

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in the mind.

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

I don't necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.

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

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.

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.

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

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.

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.

Winning is not the most important thing; it's everything.

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.

Success demands singleness of purpose.

Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action.

I think good physical conditioning is essential to any occupation. A man who is physically fit performs better at any job. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

The joy is in creating, not maintaining.

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

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

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.

Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow

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

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

Champions make their own luck.

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.

Gentlemen, this is the football.

If you really want something , you can have it if you're willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.

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

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.

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

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

Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.

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.

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.

Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don't do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.

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

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

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

The will to win... the will to achieve...goes dry and arid without continuous renewal.

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.

Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.

The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules, but to win.

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

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

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

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