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’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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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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Achievement builds character.
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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 at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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