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Lombardi is on record using the quotation as early as 1959 in his opening talk on the first day of the Packers’ training camp. [2] The quotation captured the American public's attention during Lombardi's highly successful reign as coach of the Packers in the 1960s. Over time, the quotation took on a life of its own.
Vincent Thomas Lombardi (/ l əm ˈ b ɑːr d i / ləm-BAR-dee; June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an American professional football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL).
Valvano told an ESPY audience, on March 3, 1993, that he took some of Lombardi's inspirational speeches out of the book Commitment to Excellence, and used them with his team. Valvano discussed how he planned to use Lombardi's speech to the Green Bay Packers in front of his Rutgers freshman basketball team prior to his first game as their coach ...
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A Pennsylvania library finally saw the return of a book that was last checked out in 1973, a chronicle of Packers coaching legend Vince Lombardi.
In the week prior to the Rams game, Vince Lombardi inspired his team all week with a rendition of St. Paul's Run to Win letter to the Corinthians [5] [6] and, in what Bart Starr would later say was Lombardi's most rousing pre-game speech, [citation needed] incited his team [7] to a 28–7 victory over the Rams at Milwaukee County Stadium. [8]
Lombardi also holds the Packers' record for highest regular season and postseason winning percentage (.746 and .900 respectively). [7] After Lombardi resigned from coaching in 1967, the Packers again languished, this time for almost 25 years. From 1968 to 1991, the Packers had five head coaches, none of whom had a winning percentage over .488.
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