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 try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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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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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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A winner never stops trying.
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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 at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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