Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
TOM LANDRYIf I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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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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