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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 that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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 that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
Approximate author period: c. 1941 AD · modern
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- Vince Lombardi
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- Approximate author period: c. 1941 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Vince Lombardi, based on documented lifetime 1913 to 1970. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553321 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553321 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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