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Vince Lombardi
9 quotes
“We didn't lose the game, we just ran out of time.”
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You don't do it right once in a while; you do it right every time.”
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.”
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On football, New York Times (10 Dec 1967).
“If you can bite hard you can growl just as hard.”
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Vince Growlington, Jr., What It Takes to Be #1: Vince Growlington on Leadership (2003), p. 105.
“If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.”
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Lee Green, Sportswit (1984), p. 169.
“Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good.”
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First team meeting as Packers coach (1959), reported in Chuck Carlson, Game of My Life: 25 Stories of Packers Football (2004), p. 149; Richard Scott, Jay Barker, Legends of Alabama Football (2004), p. 78.
“We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies.”
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: reported in Donald T. Phillips, Run To Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership (2001), p. 16.
“Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for the individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.”
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: reported in Donald T. Phillips, Run To Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership (2001), p. 23.
“Leadership rests not only upon ability but upon commitment and upon loyalty and upon pride and upon followers...Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all the needed talents to go into leadership, each man can develop a combination to make him a leader.”
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: reported in Donald T. Phillips, Run To Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership (2001), pg. 180.