Top 160 Vince Lombardi Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Winners never quit and quitters never win.”

— Vince Lombardi

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2. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”

— Vince Lombardi

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3. “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”

— Vince Lombardi

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4. “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

6. “Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.”

— Vince Lombardi

7. “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”

— Vince Lombardi

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8. “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.”

— Vince Lombardi

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9. “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.”

— Vince Lombardi

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10. “The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. ”

— Vince Lombardi

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11. “Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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13. “Everyone Has A Will To Win But Very Few Have The Will To Prepare To Win.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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15. “Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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17. “Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but because of lack of commitment.”

— Vince Lombardi

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18. “I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.”

— Vince Lombardi

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19. “Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

— Vince Lombardi

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20. “If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?”

— Vince Lombardi

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21. “If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.”

— Vince Lombardi

22. “If you can accept losing, you can’t win.”

— Vince Lombardi

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23. “The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.”

— Vince Lombardi

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24. “Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.”

— Vince Lombardi

25. “Praise in public; criticize in private.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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27. “Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.”

— Vince Lombardi

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28. “We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won’t ever be perfect – but in the process we will achieve greatness.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

30. “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand.”

— Vince Lombardi

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31. “In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.”

— Vince Lombardi

32. “Leaders are not born, they’re made.”

— Vince Lombardi

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33. “We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.”

— Vince Lombardi

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34. “Mental toughness is essential to success.”

— Vince Lombardi

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35. “Hard work is the price we must pay for success.”

— Vince Lombardi

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36. “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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39. “You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.”

— Vince Lombardi

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40. “There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.”

— Vince Lombardi

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41. “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. If you can shrug off a loss, you can never be a winner!”

— Vince Lombardi

42. “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”

— Vince Lombardi

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43. “Success demands singleness of purpose.”

— Vince Lombardi

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44. “You carry on no matter what the obstacles are. You simply refuse to give up – and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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46. “Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.”

— Vince Lombardi

47. “Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don’t do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

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49. “Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.”

— Vince Lombardi

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50. “There’s no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.”

— Vince Lombardi

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