Vince Lombardi on Fear Quotes

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

"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after fear has knocked you down."

"There is no substitute for work, especially when you are trying to outrun your fears."

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

"To be successful, you must forget the fear of failure and focus on the execution."

"The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is fear."

"The only way to lose fear is to work through it."

"To be a leader, you must first master your own fear of being disliked."

"Victory belongs to the most persevering, to those who refuse to let fear dictate the pace."

"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence and fear."

"Heart power is the strength of the soul that overcomes the fear of the flesh."

"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 to fear."

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

"Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision."

"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."

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

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

"Character is the only thing that stands between a man and his fear of the pressure."

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

"Fear of the opponent is the first step toward defeat."

"If you can't accept losing, you can't win without fear."

"Once you learn to quit out of fear, it becomes a habit."

"In order to win, you must be willing to pay the price. The price is often the sacrifice of your own fears."

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

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

"You don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. That is how you build a wall against fear."

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

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the 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. This leaves no room for fear."

"Fatigue makes cowards of us all."

"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That is when fear is truly conquered."

"Success is based upon spiritual psychological power, not just physical strength. Fear is the enemy of that power."

"I will believe in my players until they learn to believe in themselves and shed their fear."

"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 to face fear."