Vince Lombardi’s Nine Success Principles:

“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” vince lombardi

1. Commitment: “A person’s quality of life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of activity.” Vincent Lombardy. Lombardi goes on to state, “A winner must be committed to discipline, committed to sacrifice and self-denial, and committed to hard work.”

How committed are you? If you’re an athlete, are you the first to practice and the last to leave? If you are part of an organization, do you ensure that your efforts help the entire organization? Are you willing to participate and help others even when “it’s not my job”. As an educator, do you take the time to visit with other teachers in your field, learning ways to make yourself more valuable in the classroom? Are you willing to wit? What it takes to be successful?

2. Truth: “In football and business, a leader must be honest with himself and with the people he works with. Fidelity and truth are the most sacred excellences and gifts of the human mind.” vince lombardi

Are you being honest with your biggest fan and your strongest critic: yourself? Are you doing the things on a daily basis that will allow you to do more, be more, have more? Or are you being dishonest with yourself and with those who count on you on a daily basis? With today’s business ethics or lack of ethics, people are looking to be able to deal with trustworthy and trustworthy people and organizations.

3. Excellence: “If you demand perfection from yourself, you will rarely achieve it. Fear of making a mistake is the main cause of making one. Instead of striving for perfection, relax and seek excellence.” winter cocoon

Lombardi said, “Nobody’s perfect. But guys, if you don’t settle for anything less than the best, you’ll be surprised what you can do with your lives. You’ll be surprised how far you can climb.” in this world.”

Perfection rarely happens…it’s the perfect game pitched by a baseball pitcher, but it requires the help and support of his teammates. It is a game of 300 bowling, rarely achieved by anyone other than the best bowlers. It’s the hole in one in golf…a feat rarely accomplished. However, the pursuit of excellence must be a goal that we all seek.

4. Results- “Winning isn’t everything, but striving to win is.” vince lombardi

Hall of Fame basketball player Bill Walton had this to say about winning: “Winning is about getting the whole team on the same page.”

In team sports, there is usually one team that wins and one that loses. The team that plays together can often overcome a lack of talent to succeed. A team lacking in character can win games, but it will not be successful in the long run, and the success will be short-lived.

We always set goals for our teams, and winning was not an important goal. We felt that if we could hit the majority of the goals set for each opponent, victory would take care of itself. We wanted results. We wanted to improve each and every timeout. What do you expect for you and your organization?

“There is no limit when nobody cares who gets the credit.” wooden john

5. Passion: “I’ve learned that if you want to do it bad enough, it doesn’t matter how bad it is, you can do it.” gayle sayers

Are you passionate about what you do? Do you have the first in the office, the practice field, the classroom mentality, or do you drag yourself when things start? Do you believe in what you are doing, your teammates and/or co-workers, do you have it in your heart, mind, and soul, and are you willing to accept excuses from yourself and your teammates? Does that fire burn deep within you?

“There’s only one way to be successful at anything, and that’s to give it your all. I do it and I demand that my players do it.” vince lombardi

6. Habit: “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, nor a lack of knowledge, but a lack of will.” vince lombardi

It has been said that doing the same thing today as yesterday and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. Habit is an act that we do repeatedly. It can be good or it can be bad. Psychologists estimate that 90% of the things we do are habitual. Think about it, starting with your morning routine and ending when you retire for the night. There are hundreds of things you do the same way every day, often without thinking about them.

Robert Ringer, author of Million Dollar Habits states, “Success is a matter of religiously understanding and practicing specific simple habits that always lead to success.

7. Mental toughness: “If you’re lucky enough to find a guy with a big head and a big heart, he’ll never leave the field second.” vince lombardi

You often hear coaches tell their players, “We have to be mentally tough.” What is mental strength? It’s one of those words that are hard to explain. I think my definition of mental toughness is the proper mental and physical preparation that allows you to forget the price, the sacrifices you have to pay to succeed. It’s what allows us to get off the mat once more after being knocked down. It gives us the ability to work on the inspiration of the hurt and pain we may be experiencing. It is what allows us to recover from the temporary failures that life sends our way.

When I was training, we were down 92-75 with five minutes left in the game. I called a timeout and asked my players how much gas they had left in the tank. I knew the other team was tired. I needed them to tell me that they could reach the inside, give it their all for the rest of the game. We start to push. Our frame of mind is that we were not going to lose. The gap closed, slowly at first, and then, as if someone had opened the floodgates, we were magically back in the game. With: 08 seconds left in the game, we hit a three to send it into overtime. Our opponent was exhausted… but mentally we were up for the challenge. We ended up winning the game 119-111 in overtime.

8. Discipline: “Some people view discipline as a chore. For me, it’s a kind of command that sets me free to fly.” july andres

Normally when we hear the word discipline we associate it with punishment. According to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, discipline can be defined as: training or developing through instruction or exercise, especially in self-control; to bring a group under control. George Washington declared: “Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, brings success to the weak, and esteem all.”

For most of my coaching career, I didn’t set rules for my team. Our ground rule was to be where you’re supposed to be, do what you’re supposed to do, when you’re supposed to do it, and do it to the best of your ability. By following that simple set of rules, my players graduated, for the most part becoming the individuals I can be very proud of today.

9. Perseverance- “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than talented unsuccessful men. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education won’t do it; the world is full of educated bums. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” calvin coolidge

Persistence and perseverance may be the most common quality of successful people. They refuse to lose, to give up. They know that the longer they hold out, the better the chances of success. Thomas Edison couldn’t invent the light bulb more than 1000 times. When asked by an insider how it felt to fail so many times, Edison replied that he didn’t fail, he discovered ways not to invent the light bulb.

H. Ross Perot, Texas billionaire and former presidential candidate, has this to say about perseverance: “Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They give up at the one-yard line. give up in the last minute of the game, one foot from a game-winning touchdown.”

There will be times when it will not be easy. People will doubt your ability, your effort, or your value to the organization. They may not believe in your dream or may have the same passion as you. They may think they are over their head or over the hill. What if Kurt Warner had believed all the things people said about him before the Arizona Cardinals headed towards the Super Bowl?

I have been lucky enough to meet some people who have overcome tremendous obstacles to reach their goals. Kevin Saunders, Paralympics bronze medal winner (Barcelona, ​​Spain) wrote a book about his journey appropriately titled, “There’s always a way… Never give up!

I leave you with this thought: “The power to endure in spite of everything, the power to resist, this is the quality of winners. Persistence is the ability to face defeat over and over again without giving up, to keep going in the face of the great difficulty, knowing that victory will be yours. Persistence means pushing yourself to overcome every obstacle, and doing whatever it takes to reach your goal.” Then.