Vince Lombardi Quotes

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”

“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”

“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.”

“There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give everything.”

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen endeavor.”

“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.”

“If you can’t accept losing, you can’t win.”

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

“Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.”

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

“Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.”

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

“If you're on time, you're late. If you're early, you're on time.”

“Praise in public, criticize in private.”

“Inches make champions.”

“Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.”

“Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you do things right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

“Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.”

“The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.”

“It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.”

“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.”

“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.”

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