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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.

Tom Landry

Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
TOM LANDRY

Away Country Everything Strong Take Win
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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Choose Football Game Knowledge never Situation Tomorrow Tough Win Worry
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
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 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
Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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Better Coach Get Player Really Simplicity Think
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
I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Come Construct Defeat Every Learn Something
I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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Again Being Blue Coach Cowboy Hard Think World
People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Being Build Character Come Back Down Knock Man People Strive
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
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
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
Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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Game Little Possible Right Say
I learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.
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Best Early Effective Learn Play Player Sports
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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Achieve Decide Goal How Main Pan Set Stay Thing Will

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