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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.

Tom Landry

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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Behind Chance Create Discipline Down Enough Ineffective Positive Something
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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Belief Confidence Do Game Good I Know Motivation Necessary Not Prepared Team
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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Choose Football Game Knowledge never Situation Tomorrow Tough Win Worry
If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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Alternative Country Effect Eliminate Ife Way
If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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Competition Emotion Ineffective Show Temporary
I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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Alike Come Conclusion Player Treat Want
If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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Been Diminish Keep Lose Somehow Steady Way
I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Come Construct Defeat Every Learn Something
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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Bareheader Brought Cowboy Dollar Every Hat Identity Recognize Seen Someone Time
People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Being Build Character Come Back Down Knock Man People Strive
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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Concentrate Look People Person Really
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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Bowl Consider Feel Football League Me National Play Player Remember Successful Super Win
I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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Anyone Before Else Least Over Position Resectable Took Want
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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Best Early Effective Learn Play Player Sports
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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Confidence Control Gain Have Leadership Look Matter People React Set You
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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Come Confidence Do Face Flat Know Prepare Something Usually

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