Vince Lombardi: The Coach Who Put Green Bay on the Map | A Football Life

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  @blueeyedbull67 · 4 years ago

  “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.”...This is the quote I live by!

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  @jadentrez · 4 years ago (edited)

  Interesting that in light of all his achievements, the one I find most impressive is that he led a basketball team to a championship, despite never never having played or coached the game before. He just checked out a book on the rules, and that was it. You could probably give Lombardi a crew of astronauts, hand him the manual, and I am sure he would get those astronauts to the moon. That's the kind of leader he was.

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  @TheLochs · 4 years ago

  "When I'm done, Green Bay will be on the map". wow, what a quote.  Priceless.

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• CA

  @carolharris1041 · 5 years ago (edited)

  He deserved to have the Super Bowl trophy named after him. The name is almost poetic. “Lombardi Trophy.”

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  @FloydMaxwell · 5 years ago

  63 years old.  Played and loved football for 58 years.  I'm in tears watching this.

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• RE

  @RedDirtR8r · 2 years ago (edited)

  I’m a lifelong Raiders fan, and have the joy of watching the great Al Davis guide my team, but anyone knows who the heart of football was. His name was Vince Lombardi. Rest in peace to the man, the legend, Coach Lombardi. He taught the game of life and how it should be played.

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• SE

  @sethstine4698 · 5 years ago

  This might be one of the best football documentaries I've ever seen.

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• IB

  @ibraheemrao8434 · 5 years ago

  His grandson Joe Lombardi is the chargers offensive coordinator currently, HOPEFULLY he can get a head coaching job someday and win the trophy named after his grandfather.

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  @ttaylor758 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Packer fan here.  I was born not too long after Vince came to Green Bay.  I want to thank all of you who are not Packer fans for your kind words here.  I believe the best summation of Vince is what Vince Jr said.  Vince never did anything with malice with his players.  He wanted to bring out the best in them.  Nobody has ever done it better, and make no mistake. Vince loved his players

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• KE

  @keenanberg6169 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Consequently, Lombardi gave me a minus two on the play.&quot;<br>Probably the funniest line from the whole documentary

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• DA

  @daweasel2005 · 4 years ago

  Now Jon Madden can sit in front of the class and listen to Vince…2 legends

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  @shsfotball74 · 1 year ago (edited)

  As a die hard Chicago Bears fan, I can’t tell you how much I love and admire this man. The greatest coach in NFL history! God bless Vince Lombardi

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