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" Achievement builds character. "
Achievement
Builds
Character
" As a Christian, I know my life is in God's hands. He has a plan for me. 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. "
Winning
Knowledge
God
" A winner never stops trying. "
Winner
Stops
Never
" Being the best at whatever talent you have, that's what stimulates life. "
You
Being The Best
Best
" Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has. "
See
Man
Hope
" 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. "
Doing
Face
Your
" 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. "
Style
Coach
Life
" Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. "
Football
Sometimes
Game
" Generally, achieving goals... which in many cases means winning... is really the ultimate in this life we live in. "
Life
Winning
Achieving
" 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. "
Game
Good
Motivation
" If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation. "
Strength
Innovation
Football
" If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job. "
Will
You
Confident
" If you don't believe in winning, you don't believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life. "
Life
Free
Winning
" 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. "
Remember
Good
You
" If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect... what are the alternatives? "
Our
You
Life
" If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you'll be ineffective. If you're disciplined enough, you don't get down when you're behind, and you have a chance to create something positive. "
Chance
You
Competition
" If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking. "
Thinking
See
Mean
" I just didn't want to leave the Cowboys when they were down. I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over. "
Just
Want
Position
" I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God. "
Relationship
Life
Know
" 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. "
Positive
Negative
Early
" 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. "
Enjoy
Fact
Game
" I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out. "
Big
Me
Play
" I've come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike. "
Players
Want
Conclusion
" I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat. "
Learned
Something
Constructive
" I wouldn't think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys' blue. "
Coach
Hard
Blue
" 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. "
Confidence
People
Control
" Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve. "
Someone
Want
Achieve
" 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. "
Shoulders
World
Doing
" 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. "
Me
Hat
You
" 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. I knew the risk. To me, it's not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something. "
Enjoy
People
Me
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