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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.

Tom Landry

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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Concentrate Look People Person Really
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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Achieve Do Huet Leadership Something To Want
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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Catch Long Look Mist Other Run See Team Defend Time
If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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Been Diminish Keep Lose Somehow Steady Way
The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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Consistent Constant Ein Management Secret
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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Behind Chance Create Discipline Down Enough Ineffective Positive Something
I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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Alike Come Conclusion Player Treat Want
Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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Away Country Everything Strong Take Win
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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Come Confidence Do Face Flat Know Prepare Something Usually
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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Dumb Important Know People Quit Retire Say Thing Top Want Yeah
If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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Believe Capitalism Enterprise Free Life Way Win
A winner never stops trying.
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never Stop Try Winner
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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Bring Challenge Enjoy Game Gotten Probably Really Team
I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
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Belief Confidence Do Game Good I Know Motivation Necessary Not Prepared Team
If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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Alternative Country Effect Eliminate Ife Way
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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Bareheader Brought Cowboy Dollar Every Hat Identity Recognize Seen Someone Time

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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