Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
TOM LANDRYIf you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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