Vince Lombardi on Stoicism Quotes

"Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it says that you've got to pay the price. It is discipline because it needs that to stay on the path."

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

"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."

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

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

"Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box."

"There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. I do, and I demand that my players do."

"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."

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

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay for any goal that is worthwhile."

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

"Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character."

"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."

"Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."

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

"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."

"Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals."

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

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

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while... you do things right all the time. Winning is habit."

"Excellence must be pursued, it must be practiced with all the might and soul that we have."

"You've got to pay the price for anything that is worthwhile."

"They may not love you at the time, but they will later for what you've made of them."

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

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

"Morale is a state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope."

"Fatigue makes cowards of us all."

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

"God, family, and the Green Bay Packers—in that order."

"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up."

"To the winner, there is a 100-percent satisfaction in out-hustling, out-thinking, and out-playing the opponent."

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

"Confidence comes from preparation."