Vince Lombardi Quotes

We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

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

We run to win, not just to be in the race.

Character is the direct result of mental attitude. I believe that character is higher than the intellect. I believe that leadership is in sacrifice, in self-denial, in humility and in the perfectly disciplined will. This is the distinction between great and little men.

Every time a football player goes to ply his trade, he’s got to play from the ground up – from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play.

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.

I’ll put the Packers’ best players on defense. It’s best for a team and good for its morale.

Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don’t do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

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

They’d better be physically tough when they start pulling on their football pants.

Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

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

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

If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.