VINCE LOMBARDI

"The challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together."

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

"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender."

"Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride."

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

"If you can accept losing, you can't win."

"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."

"Choose to achieve perfection. We won't achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence."

"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."

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

"Champions make their own luck."

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

"It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it."

"Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won."

"Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run."

"I've never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline."

"Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is."

"If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late."

"If you really want something , you can have it if you're willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy."

"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."

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."

"While statistics are interesting, they're all in the past."