Quotes from Vince Lombardi

Why did I choose Washington among offers from other cities? Because it is the capital of the world.

A man is known by the company he owns.

If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling.

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.

Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.

The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.

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

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

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.

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.

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.

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

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one's mind.

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

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

Many more things would be accomplished if we didn't consider them impossible.

In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.

Inches make champions.

Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.