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" 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. "

Vince Lombardi

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" The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it. "

" Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same. "

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

" Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. "

" 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. "

" The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have. "

" A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. "

" The will to win is the only thing. "

" I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win. "

" We run to win, not just to be in the race. "

" I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale. "

" 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. "

" Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. "

" Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. "

" The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall. "

" If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? "

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

" If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. "

" 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. "

" 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. "