I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
TOM LANDRYLeadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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My hats did give me an identity. In fact, if I had a dollar for every time someone has seen me bareheaded and said, ‘I almost didn’t recognize you without a hat on’, I could have bought the Cowboys myself.
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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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