Vince Lombardi Quotes

"If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives."

"Commitment to a group effort is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. It is the only way to banish the fear of isolation."

"The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything."

"The objective is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules, but to win. Fear has no place in that objective."

"I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about."

"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible or fear the attempt."

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."

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

"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. Fear cannot survive in a passionate heart."

"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect and eliminates fear of the game."

"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

"Success is based upon a spiritual quality, a power to inspire others."

"He who has the most willpower will win."

"To the winner, there is a 100-percent satisfaction in knowing that he has beaten the best."

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

"The only way to overcome fear is to face it with relentless preparation."

"Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is fearing the moment."

"There is no substitute for work."

"Character is just another word for pride."

"Your fear is only as deep as your mind allows it to be."

"Excellence must be pursued, it must be wooed with all of one's might and every bit of effort that we have."

"Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."

"Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to help others maximize their total resources."

"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."

"Leadership rests not only upon ability but upon commitment and upon loyalty and upon pride and upon followers...Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all the needed talents to go into leadership, each man can develop a combination to make him a leader. reported in Donald T. Phillips, Run To Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership (2001), pg. 180."

"Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

"Success demands singleness of purpose."

"Fear is the thief of dreams. Discipline is the guardian of those dreams."

"If you can't accept losing, you can't win."

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

"A game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity. On football, New York Times (10 Dec 1967)."

"Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial."