Quotes from Vince Lombardi

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made his commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.

Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.

Our greatest glory was not in never falling, but in rising when we fell.

Praise in public criticize in private.

The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They 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.

The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win. And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline.

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

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.

This is a football.

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

Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of live.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.

Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again.

Hold it more important to have the players' confidence than their affection.

James A. Belasco

If you can't get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you're in the wrong business.

Choose to achieve perfection. We won't achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.

Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

True perfection is unattainable, but if you chase perfection you will catch excellence!

Relentlessly pursue perfection knowing we won't catch it, but in the process we'll achieve excellence.