Quotes by Vince Lombardi

About Vince Lombardi:

Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight and five total National Football League championships in seven years, in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls following the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons. Lombardi is considered by many to be one of the best and most successful coaches in Professional Football history. The National Football League's Super Bowl trophy is named in his honor. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
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If you can accept losing, you can't win.

Vince Lombardi

Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.

Vince Lombardi

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.

Vince Lombardi

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are...

Vince Lombardi

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

Vince Lombardi

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

Vince Lombardi

football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Vince Lombardi

The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything.

Vince Lombardi

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

Vince Lombardi

I have discovered in my life that it is more challenging to build than to maintain.

Vince Lombardi

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

Vince Lombardi

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

Vince Lombardi

Winning isn't everything--but wanting to win is.

Vince Lombardi

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately so is losing.

Vince Lombardi

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

Vince Lombardi

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

Vince Lombardi

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

Vince Lombardi

Author Bio

  • NameVince Lombardi
  • DescriptionAmerican football player, coach, and executive
  • BornJune 11, 1913
  • DiedSeptember 3, 1970
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGridiron Football Player