Vince Lombardi Quotes

American football player, coach, and executive (1913-1970)

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Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was one of the most successful coaches in the history of American football as head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1959 to 1967, and the Washington Redskins in 1969.

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Alternative Names: Vincent Thomas Lombardi • Vincent Lombardi

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We live in an age fit for heroes. No time has ever offered such perils or prizes. Man can provide a full life for humanity – or he can destroy himself with the problems he has created. The test of this century will be whether man confuses the growth of wealth and power with the growth of spirit and character.…

Leaders aren't born, they are made. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal which is worthwhile.

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

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

If you can bite hard you can growl just as hard.

Excellence must be pursued, it must be wooed with all of one’s might and every bit of effort that we have each day there’s a new encounter, each week is a new challenge. All of the noise and all of the glamour all of the color all of the excitement all of the rings and all of the money. These are the things that linger only in the memory. But the spirit, the will to excel, the will to win, these are the things that endure.” — Vince Lombardi (The winning coach from Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II)

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.

Leaders aren't born; they are made. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal which is worthwhile.

If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why keep score?

A game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.

When you get into the endzone, act like you've been there before.

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

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

Kemenangan bukanlah segalanya, tapi kemauan untuk menang adalah segalanya.

What success does to you. It is like a habit-forming drug that, in victory, saps your elation and, in defeat, deepens your despair. Once you have sampled it you are hooked, and now I lie in bed, not sleeping the sleep of the victor but wide awake, seeing the other people who are coming in next Sunday with the best defensive line in the league, with that great middle linebacker, that left defensive halfback who is as quick and agile as a cat and a quarterback who, although he is not as daring as Johnny Unitas or Y. A. Tittle or Bobby Layne, can kill you with his consistency.