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 LANDRYI at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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 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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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a Cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did.
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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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