Vince Lombardi.

“Winning is not a sometime thing – it’s an all-time thing.”

Vince Lombardi was one of the few leaders on the national stage who didn’t seem to have any doubt. He was intense. He was articulate. He believed in his leadership ability. He expressed his opinion forcefully and unapologetically, that the pursuit of victory – fairly and squarely, and within the rules – was life’s great challenge.

Not victory for its own sake, but victory as a test – a test of how far you could push yourself to your limits and beyond, a test of your ability to overcome your doubts and weaknesses, and a test of how much of your God’s given talent and ability you were willing to expend in the pursuit of success and victory.

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

Vince Lombardi has always been a source of my inspiration. His films, “Second Effort ” and “Second Effort 2″ were often used for our training sessions in those good, old days and the words of this professional football coach has always been deeply-rooted in my set of values and beliefs since at a very tender age.

Some of his quotes are;

“In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.”

“If you can accept losing, you can’t win.”

“Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.”