Jeff Smith > Jeff's Quotes

“Winning isn't everything--but wanting to win is.”
― Vince Lombardi

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

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

“It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.”
― Vince Lombardi

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
― Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the Country, by Dr. Goldsmith

“Winning is a habit. Unfortunately so is losing.”
― Vince Lombardi

“Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.”
― Vince Lombardi

“The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.”
― Vince Lombardi

“Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.”
― Vince Lombardi

“We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.”
― Vince Lombardi

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”
― Lance Armstrong Sally Jenkins, Every Second Counts

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?”
― Lance Armstrong, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life