Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing

Attributed to the professional football coach Vince Lombardi, this proverb stresses the importance of reaching a goal no matter what effort is required. (Compare It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.)

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Coach Vince Lombardi was famously misquoted as saying, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.”

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A campaign for the law firm Jacoby & Meyers took the “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing” approach to the goal of legal action.

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The Catholic school has turned a cliché into its gospel; it’s a place where winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.

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“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.”

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His acquisition, along with infielder Trea Turner, was more statement than trade, in the vein of the old “winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing” Yankees under George Steinbrenner.

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