Vince Lombardi Quotes



   “Winners never quit and quitters never win.
- Vince Lombardi 


    “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
- Vince Lombardi 

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

    “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
- Vince Lombardi 


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


    “Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
- 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 

    “People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
- Vince Lombardi 

   “Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
- Vince Lombardi 


    “Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
- Vince Lombardi 


    “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
- Vince Lombardi 


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


    “Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
- Vince Lombardi

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

    “If you can accept losing, you can't win.
- Vince Lombardi

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
- Vince Lombardi

    “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
- Vince Lombardi 


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


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

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


    “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 

    “Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
- Vince Lombardi 


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

    “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
- Vince Lombardi 

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


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

      “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 

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

     “Success demands singleness of purpose.
- Vince Lombardi 


     “Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
- Vince Lombardi 

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


     “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 

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


     “Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success.”
- Vince Lombardi 

    “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
- Vince Lombardi 

     “Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
- Vince Lombardi 

     “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort,”

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


     “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
- Vince Lombardi

    “Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
- Vince Lombardi