Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
TOM LANDRYIf I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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A winner never stops trying.
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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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Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a Cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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