Familiar Misquotations

April, 1978

We all remember Vince Lombardi's immortal words: "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." Except that they weren't his. That comment was actually made by Henry "Red" Sanders while UCLA football coach in the early Fifties. Lombardi later expressed some similar sentiments, but, realizing the value of a good legend, never bothered to correct the record. So he got the line as part of a great tradition in which public figures are awarded words better than any they ever cam...