Vince Lombardi Quotations | Page 2

Leaders aren't born they are made.

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

And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.

Inches make a champion.

Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.

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

Leadership rests not only on outstanding ability. It also rests on commitment, loyalty and pride. It rests on followers who are ready to accept guidance. Leadership is the ability to direct people and - more important - to have those people accept that direction.

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

You defeat defeatism with confidence.

At many a moment on many a day, I am convinced that pro football must be a game for madmen, and I must be one of them.