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" Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America. "

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" If you don't believe in winning, you don't believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wouldn't think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys' blue. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl. "

" If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation. "

" 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. "

" Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Right after the game, say as little as possible. "

" If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job. "

" Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. "

" 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. "

" Today, you have 100% of your life left. "

" Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has. "

" Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can. "

" I've come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike. "

" I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat. "

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" 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. "