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I'd rather have a second-best decision diligently pursued than a first-best decision lackadaisically pursued.
Tom Landry
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Tom Landry
Age: 75 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 11
Died: 2000
Died: February 12
Aircraft Pilot
American Football Player
Coach
Football Player
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Texas
Thomas Wade Landry
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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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I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do but to achieve what they want to achieve.
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I like the South because it is so much warmer on the sidelines than it is up North.
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A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.
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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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Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be
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A team that has character doesn't need stimulation.
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