Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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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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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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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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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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People say you have to know when to retire, which is a dumb thing to say. If you want to go out on top, yeah, it becomes important when you quit. But I wasn’t afraid of that. And I wasn’t worried about getting fired.
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