Looking for the best and inspirational Vince Lombardi quotes?
Vince Lombardi is widely recognized as one of the best coaches in American sports history. He was known for his motivational speeches and leadership skills.
He is the most popular football coach in the history of the NFL. He led the Green Bay Packers to five championships from 1957-1967, earning him the nickname “The Golden Boy.”
Vince Lombardi was born in 1913, Brooklyn, New York, United States. Vince later attended Fordham University, where he played football for six seasons before leaving school to become a high school coach in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1926 Vince joined the New York Yankees as their first-ever head coach. That same year, he married his wife Marie Lombardi, and in 1927 they had their first child (daughter) Marie Lombardi. His legacy lives on in his famous quotes and his contribution to sports.
Check out his most inspirational quotes that will help you to be the best in everything. By following these, you’ll have a better chance at winning the game of life by getting ahead and burrowing your way to success.
65 Inspiring Vince Lombardi Quotes
“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.”
“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.”
“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.”
“If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?”
“The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.”
“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”
“Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.”
“Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.”
“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.”
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
“Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”
“Leaders aren’t born, they are made.”
“To achieve success whatever the job we have, we must pay the price.”
“Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.”
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”
“Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not. But we will be judged by only one thing – the result”
“The achievement of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.”
“There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.
“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”
“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.”
“Success demands singleness of purpose.”
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.”
“Everyone has the will to win but very few have the will to prepare to win.”
“If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.”
“Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”
“People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.”
“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.”
“There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. I do, and I demand that my players do.”
“If you can accept losing you can’t win. If you can walk you can run. No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in your mind.”
“You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn’t mean a thing. That’s for the fans. You’ve got to win the war with the man in front of you. You’ve got to get your man.”
“Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will.”
There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give it everything.”
“Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.”
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, its whether you get back up.”
“We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.”
“The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.”
“Winners never quit and quitters never win.”
“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off of the goal.”
“We run to win, not just to be in the race.”
“It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not a winner.”
“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 worthwhile, it can be done.”
“If you don’t think you’re a winner, you don’t belong here.”
“Second place is meaningless. You can’t always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been – that you were never beaten – that time just ran out on you.”
“Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it – his mind, his body, his heart – what’s life worth to him? ”
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but a lack of will.”
“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”
“Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!“
“Want it; desire it; earn it; take it.”
“Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.”
“Once you learn to quit it becomes a habit.”
“There is no substitute for work.”
“Fatigue makes cowards of us all.”
“There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give it everything.”
“Winning is a habit. Watch your thoughts, they become your beliefs. Watch your beliefs, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.”
“Truth is knowing that your character is shaped by your everyday choices.”
“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.”
“Success is like anything worthwhile. It has a price. You have to pay the price to win and you have to pay the price to get to the point where success is possible. Most important, you must pay the price to stay there.”
“Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder and give more than anyone else.”
“People who work together will win.”
“A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.”
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”
“Winning isn’t everything, but the will to win is everything.”
“The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising against after you fail.”
