Vince Lombardi quotes

Vince Lombardi, an iconic figure in American football history, was a passionate coach who revolutionized the game. Born in Brooklyn in 1913, Lombardi's coaching career began at the high school level before making his mark in the NFL. As head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1959 to 1967, Lombardi built a dynasty, winning five NFL Championships and the first two Super Bowls. Known for his strict discipline and unwavering commitment to excellence, Lombardi instilled a winning mentality that propelled the Packers to greatness. His famous quote, "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing," became a mantra in the world of sports. Lombardi's leadership and coaching principles continue to influence coaches and players today. Explore more about Vince Lombardi's legendary career and unparalleled contributions to football.

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.

- Vince Lombardi

The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will.

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi

If you can accept losing, you cannot win.

- 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

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

- Vince Lombardi

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

- Vince Lombardi

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi

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

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

- Vince Lombardi

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

- Vince Lombardi

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

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

- Vince Lombardi

Success demands singleness of purpose.

- Vince Lombardi

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

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

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

- 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

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Vince Lombardi