Vince Lombardi
Vince Lombardi
Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi was an American football player, coach, and executive in the National Football League. He 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 NFL 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 June 1913
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.
To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price
Inches make champions.
I've never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Success demands singleness of purpose.
Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.
After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.
Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
The greatest accomplishment is not in never failing, but in rising again after you fall.
Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.