Vince Lombardi Quotes

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.

You have to do what you have to do. I wanted to work. I wanted to prove that I was worthy of being here... and I was gonna do whatever it took to prove that.

I've always put myself intensely into my work.

And the reason I came to IBM was I think - I always say at a really early age, I learned you've got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money.

If I'm enjoying something, I'd like to be able to just have it all. Frankly, that's the way I'm approaching my career now. I'm a total workaholic.

The most important thing I have learned from the people I've worked with is that you have to love what you do. That passion will drive you anywhere you want to go.

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work all my life.

I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to stop.

My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.

A personal belief is that if you're not personally invested in what you're working on, you'll fail.

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your power.

Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue.

My life in science has been rich and rewarding. I have sacrificed very little.

Show me a highly successful person in any field that has gotten there having a weak ego. You have to believe in yourself, and you have to believe in what you're doing.

I'm no less focused than any of my peers. They live a different life. They go home; they are not pictured at events. I train just as much as them, maybe more.

You've got to put in the work. And you've got to play with confidence. You've got to believe in yourself.

You've got to love what you do. You've got to like doing it, because it is a lot of your life.

I want to put everything in my career.

For my future growth, I'm going to keep working. I'm going to put everything I have in it, and I think everybody knows that that's just the type of person I am.

I want to say something very clearly. I understand that I'm a self-confident person who might come off with the wrong attitude sometimes, but I don't mean to. I just believe in certain things, and I know exactly what I want. I've always sacrificed things in order to become the best musician I could be.

I think you've gotta believe in yourself, I think you gotta put in a lot of work off the court to make sure you're ready.

I always say that I continue to set the standard really high for myself, but you don't get into a catch count or any of that stuff. I think it's just in how you play, how you approach the game.