Top 160 Vince Lombardi Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “Winning in not a sometimes thing. You don’t win once in awhile... You don’t do things right once in awhile... You do them right all the time. Winning is a habit.”

— Vince Lombardi

152. “One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.”

— Vince Lombardi

153. “It is and has always been an American zeal to be first in everything we do, and to win...”

— Vince Lombardi

154. “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.”

— Vince Lombardi

155. “Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.”

— Vince Lombardi

156. “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.”

— Vince Lombardi

157. “They do not truly love who do not show their love.”

— Vince Lombardi

158. “Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent’s strength.”

— Vince Lombardi

159. “Football is a game of cliches, and I believe in every one of them.”

— Vince Lombardi

160. “I’ve been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I’m not without compassion.”

— Vince Lombardi

161. “They call it coaching, but it is teaching. You do not just tell them it is so, but you show them the reasons why it is so and you repeat and repeat until they are convinced, until they know.”

— Vince Lombardi

162. “In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful using somebody else’s play.”

— Vince Lombardi

163. “The only true satisfaction a player receives is the satisfaction that comes from being part of a successful team, regardless of his personal accomplishments.”

— Vince Lombardi

164. “They may not love you at the time, but they will later.”

— Vince Lombardi

165. “I hold it more important to hold the player’s confidence than their affection.”

— Vince Lombardi

166. “We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies.”

— Vince Lombardi

167. “Winning isn’t a sometime thing; it’s an all-the-time thing.”

— Vince Lombardi

168. “I would say that the quality of each man’s life is the full measure of that man’s commitment of excellence and victory – whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

170. “To the winner, there is 100-percent elation, 100-percent fun, 100-percent laughter; and yet the only thing left to the loser is resolution and determination.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi

172. “Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh.”

— Vince Lombardi

173. “I said, ‘You missed practice yesterday didn’t you?’ The player replied, ‘No coach, not a bit.’”

— Vince Lombardi

174. “Illness and fatigue can be career ending. It mean the fans are sick and tired of you.”

— Vince Lombardi

175. “Football is and always will be a game of blocking and hitting.”

— Vince Lombardi

176. “Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization...”

— Vince Lombardi

177. “I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.”

— Vince Lombardi

178. “A man is known by the company he owns.”

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Vince Lombardi