Vince Lombardi Quotes

You know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out.

You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

Can't react every time you're insulted. Free people absorb destructive things and refuse to be destroyed

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

It is not just a person's physical constitution, their intellegence, their education, or even their social conditioning that enables them to withstand hardship. Much more significant is their inner development. And while some may be able to survive through sheer willpower, the ones who suffer the least are those who have a high degree of patience and courage in the face of adversity.

Man's inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.

I don't think I have thick skin, but I heal fast. It's easy to break through, but I heal fast.

You might not be able to stomach it, but as long as you can mind it, your heart will be all right.

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

Human beings have enormous resilience.

I've always been proud of the fact that I can hold it together and I rarely break. It's a point of pride for me.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them

A warrior is not a person that carries a gun. The biggest war you ever go through is right between your own ears. It's in your mind. We're all going through a war in our mind, and we have to callus our mind to fight that war and to win that war.

Battles are won in the hearts of men.

Strength doesn't mean an absence of pain.

Being knee-deep in sadness or suffering and refusing to look down - to me, that represents something more powerful than someone who's never gone through difficulty.

I'm an emotional fighter.

I've always been good at handling stuff mentally.

My natural reaction is to smile through things.

Of course, fighting is one of the most emotional things that you can possibly do. You have to constantly deal with your emotions, especially myself. I have so many that that's where I get my energy from. But it's a matter of controlling them, and yeah, I just don't let nothing affect me.