If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
TOM LANDRYI 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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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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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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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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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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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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