Vince Lombardi Quotes

Mental toughness is Spartanism, with all its qualities of self-denial, sacrifice, dedication, fearlessness, and love.

Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience.

Discipline is something we despise for the moment.... We all look for a place to run, an excuse with which to stall. No one enjoys it. Yet those of us who have endured it know that the fruit it produces and the pain from which it ultimately spares us makes it worth the agony.

He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to survive, find some quiet, and work hard every day.

Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, 'I must keep going.' It's that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, 'Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.'

There's something about strength that I really admire, that I failed to see a lot of when I was growing up.

Become strong again in spirit, strong in will, strong in endurance, strong to bear all sacrifices

Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline.

I like to avoid concessions to faint-heartedness. One can never tell where that road may lead one; one gives way first in words, and then little by little in substance too.

Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action.

Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

This world is not for cowards. Do not try to fly. Look not for success or failure. Join yourself to the perfectly unselfish will and work on.

Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.

Greatness of spirit is to bear finely both good fourtune and bad, honor and disgrace, and not to think highly of luxury or attention or power or victories in contests, and to possess a certain depth and magnitude of spirit.

When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness…I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.

Opposition strengthens the manly will.

The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.

Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.

When I was about 15, I learnt that training hard doesn't get easier, you just learn to push harder. That's a powerful mentality to master.