Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
TOM LANDRYI just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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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 show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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A winner never stops trying.
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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 just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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