Vince Lombardi
Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.Collection: Determination
When you are through trying to improve, you are through.Collection: Sports
Mental toughness is a state of mind - you could call it 'character in action.'Collection: Character
If you don't think you're a winner, you don't belong here.Collection: Motivational
You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.Collection: Coward
Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.Collection: Leadership
Football is and always will be a game of blocking and hittingCollection: Football
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Ann Landers It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.Collection: Wisdom
The successful man is himself. To be successful, you've got to be honest with yourself.Collection: Successful
A good executive goes around with a worried look on his assistants.Collection: Looks
A leader must identify himself with the group, must back up the group, even at the risk of displeasing superiors. He must believe that the group wants from him a sense of approval. If this feeling prevails, production, discipline, morale will be high, and in return, you can demand the cooperation to promote the goals of the community.Collection: Leadership
Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.Collection: Heart
In order to succeed, this group will need a singleness of purpose, they will need a dedication, and they will have to convince all of their prospects of the willingness to sacrifice.Collection: Success
The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules, but to win.Collection: Truth
Leaders aren't born they are made.Collection: Inspirational
Winning isn't everything, but striving to win is.Collection: Sports
A disciplined person is the one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.Collection: Order
To the winner, there is 100-percent elation, 100-percent fun, 100-percent laughter; and yet the only thing left to the loser is resolution and determination.Collection: Determination
The best game plan in the world never blocked or tackled anybody.Collection: Games
It is and has always been an American zeal to be first in everything we do, and to win.Collection: Passion
The only true satisfaction a player receives is the satisfaction that comes from being part of a successful team, regardless of his personal accomplishments.Collection: Team
Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization.Collection: Football
If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling.Collection: Running
Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh.Collection: Football
Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism.Collection: Truth
Football is a game of cliches, and I believe in every one of them.Collection: Football
To be successful, a man must exert an effective influence upon his brothers and upon his associates, and the degree in which he accomplishes this depends on the personality of the man. The incandescence of which he is capable. The flame of fire that burns inside of him. The magnetism which draws the heart of other men to him.Collection: Brother
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.Collection: Teamwork
winning is not everything it is the only thingCollection: Football
Inches make a champion.Collection: Motivational
Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.Collection: Teamwork
Illness and fatigue can be career ending. It mean the fans are sick and tired of you.Collection: Tired
The strength of the group is in the will of the leader, and the will is character in action.Collection: Leadership
I've been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I'm not without compassion.Collection: Compassion
When you travel with the team and you eat with the team - you eat what the team eats.Collection: Leadership
No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in the mind.Collection: Hurt
Hold it more important to have the players' confidence than their affection.Collection: Basketball
Greatness is not attainable, but in the pursuit of it, you can achieve excellence.Collection: Greatness
Gentleman, this is a football.Collection: Football
Leaders are made, they are not bornCollection: Singleness Of Purpose
[Football is] a game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.Collection: Football
You defeat defeatism with confidence.Collection: Defeat
They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.Collection: Motivational Sports
The joy is in creating, not maintaining.Collection: Meaningful
One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.Collection: Long
Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.Collection: Needs
Leadership rests not only on outstanding ability. It also rests on commitment, loyalty and pride. It rests on followers who are ready to accept guidance. Leadership is the ability to direct people and - more important - to have those people accept that direction.Collection: Motivational
Leaders are not born, they're made.Collection: Leadership
The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.Collection: Motivational