Vince Lombardi

Vince Lombardi

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Vince Lombardi, an American football coach, is widely remembered for insights that continue to resonate with readers everywhere. Their reputation for 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 at the conclusion of the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons lends every quote an extra layer of authority. Discover 37 of Vince Lombardi's most memorable quotes, ranging across Work, Success, Time, Sports, and Wisdom. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?"

“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment 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.”

— Vince Lombardi

Good

All Quotes by Vince Lombardi

“Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

— Vince Lombardi

Sports

“It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.”

— Vince Lombardi

Faith

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

— Vince Lombardi

Life

“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”

— Vince Lombardi

Learning

“The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

— Vince Lombardi

Life

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

— Vince Lombardi

Success

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

— Vince Lombardi

Sports

“Winning is not a sometime thing it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

— Vince Lombardi

Time

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

— Vince Lombardi

Society

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

— Vince Lombardi

Knowledge

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”

— Vince Lombardi

Best

“Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.”

— Vince Lombardi

Wisdom

“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment 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.”

— Vince Lombardi

Good

“Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

— Vince Lombardi

Work

“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.”

— Vince Lombardi

Work

“Winners never quit and quitters never win.”

— Vince Lombardi

Wisdom

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

— Vince Lombardi

Society

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

— Vince Lombardi

Success

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

— Vince Lombardi

Time

“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.”

— Vince Lombardi

Time