Vince Lombardi citáty

„Ak sa neuspokojíte s ničím menším než s tým najlepším pre vás, budete sa diviť, čoho môžete vo svojom živote dosiahnuť.“

„Keďže výhra nie je najdôležitejšia, načo zaznamenávať výsledky?“

„Existuje len jeden spôsob, ako v niečom uspieť, a to je dať do toho všetko. Ja to tak robím a žiadam to aj od svojich hráčov.“

„Nezáleží na tom, že ste zrazený k zemi, záleží na tom, že vstanete.“

„Dokonalosť je nedosiahnuteľná. Ale ak sa o ňu snažíme, môžeme dosiahnuť znamenitosť.“

„Úspechy organizácie sú výsledkom spoločného úsilia každého jednotlivca.“

„Niektorí z nás budú robiť svoju prácu dobre a niektorí nie, ale všetci budeme posudzovaní za jedinú vec: výsledok.“

„Ľudia, ktorí pracujú spoločne, zvíťazia, či už proti zložitým futbalovým obranám či problémom modernej spoločnosti.“

„Raz sa naučíte utiecť od problémov a stane sa to vaším zvykom.“

„Víťazstvo nie je všetko - ale úsilie o neho je.“

„Vedenie je založené na duševnej kvalite - moci inšpirovať, moci inšpirovať ostatných k tomu, aby vás nasledovali.“

„Cieľom je vyhrať poctivo, podľa pravidiel - ale vyhrať.“

„Duch, vôľa vyhrať a vôľa vyniknúť - to sú veci, ktoré vydržia a to sú kvality, ktoré sú oveľa dôležitejšie ako ktorékoľvek iné faktory.“

„Dôvera je nákazlivá, rovnako tak aj jej nedostatok a zákazník rozpozná oba prípady.“

„Čím viac pracujete, tým je ťažšie sa vzdať.“

“You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn’t mean a thing. That’s for the fans. You’ve got to win the war with the man in front of you. You’ve got to get your man. ”

“People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.”

“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. ”

“The spirit, the will to win and the will to excel - these are the things what will endure and these are the qualities that are so much more important than any of the events themselves. ”

“A leader must identify himself with the group, must back up the group, even at the risk of displeasing superiors. He must believe that the group wants from him a sense of approval. If this feeling prevails, production, discipline, morale will be high, and in return, you can demand the cooperation to promote the goals of the community.”

“It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere. ”

“Winning is a habit. Watch your thoughts, they become your beliefs. Watch your beliefs, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. ”

“Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”

“Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good.”

“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.”

“A game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.”

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

“Leadership rests not only upon ability but upon commitment and upon loyalty and upon pride and upon followers…Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all the needed talents to go into leadership, each man can develop a combination to make him a leader.”

“If you can bite hard you can growl just as hard.”

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

“Confidence is contagious and so is lack of confidence, and a customer will recognize both. ”

“There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. I do, and I demand that my players do. ”

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

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

“Leadership is based on a spiritual quality - the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. ”

“The object is to win fairly, by the rules – but to win. ”

“Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will all be judged on one thing: the result. ”

“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. ”

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”

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

“If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives. ”

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

“Winning is not everything – but making the effort to win is.”

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