The Essential Vince Lombardi: Words & Wisdom to Motivate, Inspire, and Win

by Vince Lombardi Jr.

Overview

Vince Lombardi's views on life and leadership--inspiring and motivational--placed in A-Z format for the first time

Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi left the national spotlight more than three decades ago, but his fiery words continue to resonate in today's hard-charging business arena. The Essential Vince Lombardi compiles Lombardi's most memorable quotes and phrases, alphabetically by topic, for use in speeches, memos, and documents--or just for fingertip inspiration and insight.

More than just a simple quote book, however, The Essential Vince Lombardi contains interviews from family members and associates, rare photographs, "Lombardi Lessons" for applying Lombardi's wisdom to everyday situations, and more. It places the leadership wisdom of Vince Lombardi in the context of today and is a valuable reference for businesspeople and Lombardi aficionados alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071630580
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date:	10/30/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Vince Lombardi Jr. is a writer, attorney, and motivational speaker. A former member of the Minnesota state legislature, Lombardi has held a number of executive positions in professional football. He is the author of What It Takes to Be #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	1
	Ability	13
	Adversity	15
	Aspirations	17
	Authority	18
	Bad Apples	21
	Best, Doing One's	22
	Business	24
	Camaraderie	27
	Caution	28
	Change	28
	Character	29
	Charisma	32
	Coaching	33
	Commitment	36
	Common Sense	38
	Competition	38
	Complexity	39
	Concentration, Powers of	40
	Confidence	40
	Control	44
	Corniness	47
	Criticism	48
	Defeat	51
	Defense	53
	Dependency	54
	Desire	55
	Discipline	56
	Duty	60
	Ego	63
	Emotion	64
	Employees	65
	Energy	66
	Excuses	67
	Failure	69
	Faith	70
	Fallibility	72
	Fame	73
	Fatigue	74
	Fitness	75
	Football, Reflections on	76
	Freedom	77
	Fumbles	77
	Fun	78
	Fundamentals	78
	Glory	83
	Goal Line	83
	Growth, Personal	85
	History, Value of	87
	Honesty	88
	Humility	89
	Innovation	93
	Inspiration	93
	Integrity	94
	Kicking	97
	Knowledge, of others	97
	Knowledge, of Self	98
	Leadership	101
	Learning	105
	Lombardi Legend	106
	Losing	108
	Love	108
	Loyalty	109
	Maturity	113
	Meetings	114
	Mistakes	114
	Motivation	116
	New Job	125
	Nuns	126
	Opponents	129
	Pain	133
	Patience	135
	Patterns	135
	Perfection	135
	Persistence	137
	Plays	137
	Potential	138
	Power	138
	Prejudice	138
	Preparation	139
	Pressure	141
	Pride	144
	Principles	145
	Protesters	146
	Punctuality	146
	Punting	147
	Purpose	147
	Pursuit	147
	Quitting	149
	Quarterbacks	150
	Regrets	153
	Relaxing	153
	Repetition	154
	Respect	156
	Risks	156
	Running Game	156
	Sacrifice	159
	Second Place	160
	Self-Expression	160
	Simplicity	162
	Strengths, Playing to Your	164
	Success	165
	Sweep, the Packer	167
	Teaching	171
	Team	173
	Toughness, Mental	176
	Victory	181
	Vision	182
	Weather	185
	Will	185
	Winning	186
	Work	193
	Yankees	197
	Youth	197
	Sources	199

Editorial Reviews

Readers craving a real insider's take on one of the NFL's most influential coaches should look elsewhere, but those seeking an assemblage of gridiron-inspired wisdom can call time here. Chock-a-block with snippets of motivating words the elder Lombardi uttered in speeches or screamed in locker rooms throughout his life and career, the volume also contains brief recollections from Lombardi fils. Everything the great coach said, from the key to a successful running game to how it's important to be polite to nuns, is meticulously documented for posterity. It's good stuff-platitudes with attitude, if you will-and had the book stopped there, it would have been a welcome addition to the motivational literature of sports fans and business leaders alike. Lombardi Jr.'s explanations of what his father meant and where and why he spoke the words, though, are superfluous, and sometimes serve to distract readers from the coach's thoughts on discipline, glory and personal growth. Quotes from Lombardi's players (e.g. Hall-of-Famers Bart Starr and Jim Taylor) provide pithier insights on the man ESPN named the Coach of the Century. (Oct.) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

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