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.
Tom LandryRead
There is only a half step difference between the champions and those who finish on the bottom. And much of that half step is mental.
Interpretation
Success often hinges on mental strength rather than just physical ability.
This quote by Tom Landry emphasizes the idea that the difference between success and failure in competitive environments is often minimal, underscoring the importance of mental fortitude. It suggests that those who reach the top are not necessarily more talented but may possess a stronger mindset that drives them to persevere and excel amidst challenges.
In practice
In a sports team meeting, to inspire players to give their best in training.
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.
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.
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.
Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.
During their lifetimes, every man and woman will stumble across a great opportunity. Sadly, most of them will simply pick themselves up, dust themselves down and carry on as if nothing ever happened.
We don't need to shift our responsibilities onto the shoulders of some deified Spiritual Superman, or sit around and wait for Fate to come knocking at the door. We simply need to believe in the power that's within us, and use it. When we do that, and stop imitating others and competing against them, things begin to work for us.
Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Donβt coast through life without a passion.
Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations.
To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.
God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.
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