Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
TOM LANDRYIf you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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You don’t have to drink or swear or hit people in the face when they’re not looking, but you do have to be tough to win.
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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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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 wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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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