If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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I learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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You don’t have to drink or swear or hit people in the face when they’re not looking, but you do have to be tough to win.
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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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Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they’re so absorbed with what they’re doing.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.
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If you don’t win a Super Bowl, you’re not considered successful in the National Football League. I can remember, when we finally won that first one, feeling so good for the players and fans.
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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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