Vince Lombardi

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.

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

If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.

Second place is meaningless. You can't always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been - that you were never beaten - that time just ran out on you.

Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism.

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

As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered. Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process. Once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten. If we constantly dwell upon the errors, then the error or failure becomes the goal.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

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

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

To play this game (football) you must have fire in you, and there is nothing that strokes fire like hate.

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

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. _x000D_ People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society. _x000D_ Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.

Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.

Before I can embrace freedom, I should be aware of what duties I have.

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

Every time a football player goes to ply his trade, he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play.