Vince Lombardi Quotes

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

A man is known by the company he owns.

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

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.

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

Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won. Yet that victory might be pursued and wooed with every fiber of our body, with every bit of our might and all our effort. And each week, there is a new encounter; each day, there is a new challenge.

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

I've been in football all my life, gentlemen, and I don't know whether I'm particularly qualified to be a part of anything else, except I consider it a great game, a game of many assets, by the way, and I think a symbol of what this country's best attributes are: courage and stamina and a coordinated efficiency or teamwork.

They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that 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.

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.

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, his heart - what's life worth to him?

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

Hold it more important to have the players' confidence than their affection.