Vince Lombardi

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

Vince Lombardi

At many a moment on many a day, I am convinced that pro football must be a game for madmen, and I must be one of them.

Vince Lombardi

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

Vince Lombardi

Football is and always will be a game of blocking and hitting.

Vince Lombardi

Gentlemen, this is the football.

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

Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defense wins.

Vince Lombardi

I believe in God.

Vince Lombardi

I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.

Vince Lombardi

I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don’t ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

Vince Lombardi