Vince Lombardi Quotes

“Individual commitment to a group effort: that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilisation work.”

“The achievements of an organisation are the results of the combined effort of each individual.”

“People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defences, or the problems of modern society.”

“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.”

“Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.”

“Fatigue makes cowards of us all.”

“Battles are won in the hearts of men.”

“Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.”

“Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence.”

“There is something good in men that really yearns for discipline.”

“A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.”

“Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.”

“Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”

“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfilment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious.”

“Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fibre of your body.”

“If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.”

“Coaches who can outline plays on a blackboard are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.”

“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.”

“Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist, but football is only two things: blocking and tackling.”

“Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defence wins.”

“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.”

“A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.”

“We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.”

“I've never been with a losing team in my life, and I don't think I'll start now.”