If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
TOM LANDRYRight after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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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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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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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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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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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 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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