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Vince Lombardi - a Wig icon
Before he began his coaching career, Lombardi taught Latin and chemistry at a New Jersey high school. Lombardi was one of Fordham University's famous "Seven Blocks of Granite" in the mid-1930s.

He began his head coaching career at the age of 46 with the Green Bay Packers. He turned the Packers around in just one year from a 1-10-1 record in 1958 to a 7-5 record in his first season in 1959.

Over the next eight years, his Packers dominated the league, winning six divisional and five NFL championships, as well as Super Bowls I and II.

After his retirement from coaching in 1968, he stayed on as the general manager of the Packers. He soon became bored with the inactivity, and took a head coaching job in Washington. Vince led the team to a 7-5-2 record in his first season as coach.

He was posthumously inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
Here is just a small selection of quotes, out of the mouth of the legend Lombardi...

"There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. I do, and I demand that my players do."

"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you'll be fired with enthusiasm."

"Mental toughness is essential to success."

"You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn't mean a thing. That's for the fans. You've got to win the war with the man in front of you. You've got to get your man."

"To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price."

"Success is like anything worthwhile. It has a price. You have to pay the price to win and you have to pay the price to get to the point where success is possible. Most important, you must pay the price to stay there."

"Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."

"Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures."

"Confidence is contagious and so is lack of confidence, and a customer will recognize both."

"If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done."

"Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it-his mind, his body and his heart-what is life worth to him? If I were a salesman, I would make this commitment to my company, to the product and most of all, to myself." 

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."

"Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success."

"Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it-his mind, his body, his heart-what's life worth to him."

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Wig messiah, Vince Lomardi
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