If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
TOM LANDRYI at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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Confidence comes from knowing what you’re doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.
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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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Therefore, I never worry about tomorrow or never worry about winning or losing football games. That knowledge gives me a lot of composure in tough situations.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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Most of the time, I don’t see the great catch or the long run. What I’m looking at is how the other team defended it.
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Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a Cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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