"I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game."

Trust

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This quotation examines the core nature of Trust as articulated by Tom Landry. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Trust provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Tom Landry

Thomas Wade Landry was an American professional football coach, player, and World War II bomber pilot. Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, he was the first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL), a position he held for 29 seasons. During his coaching career, he created many new formations and methods, such as the now default 4–3 defense that is used by a majority of teams in the NFL, and the "flex defense" system made famous by the "Doomsday Defense" squads he built during his tenure with the Cowboys. His 29 consecutive years from 1960 to 1988 as the coach of one team is an NFL record, along with his 20 consecutive winning seasons, which is considered to be his most impressive professional accomplishment.

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"Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are."

— Henry Van Dyke
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"Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel."

— Ambrose Bierce
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"Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film."

— Richard Donner
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"Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people."

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