Inner Wisdom Quotes

Quotes on Persistence

We win our games in practice. We learn and follow the fundamentals of our game better than anyone in the league. All of our games are won in practice.
- 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.
- Vince Lombardi
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.
- Vince Lombardi
If you cheat yourself in practice, you’ll cheat yourself in a game; and if you cheat in a game, you’ll cheat yourself for the rest of your life.
- Vince Lombardi
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.
- Vince Lombardi
Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all of the needed talents that go into leadership, each man can develop a combination to make him a leader.
- Vince Lombardi
The best game plan in the world never blocked or tackled anybody.
- Vince Lombardi
I think good physical conditioning is essential to any occupation. A man who is physically fit performs better at any job. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
- Vince Lombardi
I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.
- Vince Lombardi
It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.
- Vince Lombardi