Perhaps the toughest call for a coach is weighing what is best for an individual against what is best for the team. Keeping a player on the roster just because I liked him personally, or even because of his great contributions to the team in the past, when I felt some one else could do more for the team would be a disservice to the team's goals.
- Tom Landry
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A vital team characteristic is the ability to overcome adversity. Any team acquires experience and endurance as it... There’s a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it’s the ability... A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear,
who has you see what you... Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it... A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.
Coaching is making men do what they don’t want, so they can become what they want to be
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do but to achieve what they want... The quality of a man’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.
To live a disciplined life, and to accept the result of that discipline as the will of God... Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If... If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have... In my opinion, character is the most important determinant of a person’s success, achievement and ability to handle... The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don’t want to do, in... A winner never stops trying.
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