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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Mason" data-source="post: 622447" data-attributes="member: 10996"><p>"WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING... IT'S THE ONLY THING" I always thought this was Lombardi's original quote until I recently saw it used in a 1953 movie "Trouble Along The Way". I did some research and found it was first used in 1949 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_football" target="_blank">UCLA Bruins football</a> coach <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Russell_Sanders" target="_blank">Henry Russell ("Red") Sanders</a>, who spoke two different versions of the quotation. </p><p></p><p>The quotation is widely, but wrongly attributed to American football coach <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" target="_blank">Vince Lombardi</a>, who probably heard the phrase from UCLA coach Sanders.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_isn%27t_everything;_it%27s_the_only_thing#cite_note-Maraniss-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> Lombardi is on record using the quotation as early as 1959 in his opening talk on the first day of the Packers’ training camp.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_isn%27t_everything;_it%27s_the_only_thing#cite_note-Maraniss-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> 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. The words graced the walls of locker rooms, ignited pre-game pep talks, and echoed from the rafters of banquet halls. According to the late James Michener's <em>Sports in America</em>, Lombardi claimed to have been misquoted. What he intended to say was "Winning isn't everything. The will to win is the only thing."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_isn%27t_everything;_it%27s_the_only_thing#cite_note-Michener-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> However, Lombardi is on record repeating the original version of the quotation on several occasions.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_isn%27t_everything;_it%27s_the_only_thing#cite_note-Overman-5" target="_blank">[5]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Mason, post: 622447, member: 10996"] "WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING... IT'S THE ONLY THING" I always thought this was Lombardi's original quote until I recently saw it used in a 1953 movie "Trouble Along The Way". I did some research and found it was first used in 1949 by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_football']UCLA Bruins football[/URL] coach [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Russell_Sanders']Henry Russell ("Red") Sanders[/URL], who spoke two different versions of the quotation. The quotation is widely, but wrongly attributed to American football coach [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi']Vince Lombardi[/URL], who probably heard the phrase from UCLA coach Sanders.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_isn%27t_everything;_it%27s_the_only_thing#cite_note-Maraniss-3'][3][/URL] Lombardi is on record using the quotation as early as 1959 in his opening talk on the first day of the Packers’ training camp.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_isn%27t_everything;_it%27s_the_only_thing#cite_note-Maraniss-3'][3][/URL] 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. The words graced the walls of locker rooms, ignited pre-game pep talks, and echoed from the rafters of banquet halls. According to the late James Michener's [I]Sports in America[/I], Lombardi claimed to have been misquoted. What he intended to say was "Winning isn't everything. The will to win is the only thing."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_isn%27t_everything;_it%27s_the_only_thing#cite_note-Michener-4'][4][/URL] However, Lombardi is on record repeating the original version of the quotation on several occasions.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_isn%27t_everything;_it%27s_the_only_thing#cite_note-Overman-5'][5][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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