Vince Lombardi quotes

“Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.”

— Vince Lombardi

“Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

“Fatigue makes cowards of us all.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

“Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.”

— Vince Lombardi

“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

“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.”

— Vince Lombardi

“Success demands singleness of purpose.”

— Vince Lombardi

“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.”

— Vince Lombardi

“I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?”

— Vince Lombardi

“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