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 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’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
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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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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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I learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.
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If you don’t win a Super Bowl, you’re not considered successful in the National Football League. I can remember, when we finally won that first one, feeling so good for the players and fans.
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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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 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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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