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
And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.
Inches make a champion.
Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. If you can shrug off a loss, you can never be a winner!
Leadership rests not only on outstanding ability. It also rests on commitment, loyalty and pride. It rests on followers who are ready to accept guidance. Leadership is the ability to direct people and - more important - to have those people accept that direction.
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.
You defeat defeatism with confidence.
At many a moment on many a day, I am convinced that pro football must be a game for madmen, and I must be one of them.
Gentlemen, this is the football.
Relentlessly pursue perfection knowing we won't catch it, but in the process we'll achieve excellence.
To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality.
The successful man is himself. To be successful, you've got to be honest with yourself.
winning is not everything it is the only thing
Football is a game of cliches, and I believe in every one of them.