"Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."
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January 1, 1970

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Vince Lombardi always insisted he had never said this, although it is close to a line he did frequently repeat: "Winning isn't a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing." The actual line was spoken by former UCLA football coach Henry Russell "Red" Sanders.