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?"

“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

All Quotes by Vince Lombardi

“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 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

“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

“Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.”

— Vince Lombardi

Success

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

— Vince Lombardi

Life

“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

“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

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

— Vince Lombardi

Society

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

— Vince Lombardi

Learning

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

— Vince Lombardi

Good

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

— Vince Lombardi

Success

“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

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

— Vince Lombardi

Sports

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

— Vince Lombardi

Time

“Success demands singleness of purpose.”

— Vince Lombardi

Success

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

— Vince Lombardi

Success

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

— Vince Lombardi

Work

“Winners never quit and quitters never win.”

— Vince Lombardi

Wisdom

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

— Vince Lombardi

Wisdom

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

— Vince Lombardi

Sports