Quotes from Vince Lombardi

The difference between men is in energy, in the strong will, in the settled purpose and in the invincible determination.

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.

Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made his commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.

The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Ann Landers It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.