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.
TOM LANDRYLook 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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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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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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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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Achievement builds character.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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I probably should have gotten out, but I really enjoyed the challenge of bringing a team to that game. In fact, I probably enjoy the challenge of it more than the actual game.
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