Vince Lombardi Sports Quotations

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport...

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

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

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.

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

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.

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.

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

Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

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.

I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?

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

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

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.

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

We don't pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.

There are three things important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order.

Live as if you were living already for the second time.

When you are through trying to improve, you are through.

If you don't think you're a winner, you don't belong here.

I think you've got to pay the price for anything that's worthwhile, and success is paying the price. You've got to pay the price to win, you've got to pay the price to stay on top, and you 've got to pay the price to get there.

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

I think good physical conditioning is essential to any occupation. A man who is physically fit performs better at any job. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

I said, 'You missed practice yesterday didn't you?' The player replied, 'No coach, not a bit.'

When you travel with the team and you eat with the team - you eat what the team eats.

Winning isn't everything, but striving to win is.

Football is blocking and tackling. Everything else is mythology.

If you give me anything less than your best, you're not only cheating yourself. your coaches, your teamates, everybody in Green Bay, and everything pro football stands for. Your also cheating the Maker who gave you the talent.

While statistics are interesting, they're all in the past.

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.