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" Achievement builds character. "
Tom Landry
Achievement
Builds
Character
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" When a big play occurs for our team, I'm concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it. 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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" People will forget me pretty quick. "
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" If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job. "
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" I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn. "
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" Right after the game, say as little as possible. "
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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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" Being the best at whatever talent you have, that's what stimulates life. "
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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. If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I'm not that way, and it keeps me steady. "
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" 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. "
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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
" A winner never stops trying. "
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Stops
Never
" I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out. "
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Big
Me
Play
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" I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God. "
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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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" If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect... what are the alternatives? "
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