Quotes by Jimmy Johnson - Page 1

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Jimmy Johnson / Football Player
Inspirational
Motivational
Positive
Work
Basketball
Ordinary
Little
Between
Difference
Extra
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I'm not a bad man.
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Bad Man
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How 'bout them Cowboys!?
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Cowboys
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I could start a fire from scratch.
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Scratch
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I don't miss a minute of 'Survivor.'
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Survivor
Miss
Minute
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I'm not really good with predicting.
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Predicting
Good Really
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In some ways 'Survivor' might have saved my life.
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Saved
Survivor
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I was the personnel director there with the Cowboys.
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Personnel
Cowboys
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I've seen every second of 'Survivor' since it started.
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Every Second
Survivor
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Football rewards the guys that are in great condition.
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Football
Rewards
Condition
Guys
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An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all.
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Individual
Objective Truth
Reason
Above
Feared
Objective
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You can't be a sloppy football team and be successful in the NFL.
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Football
Football Team
Nfl
Sloppy
Successful
Team
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Anybody who has ever been around me knows I'll give you my opinion.
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Opinion
Anybody
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You can't really compare teams just because of two or three players.
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Compare
Teams
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A head coach has to be able to oversee all facets of the team and of the game.
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Facets
Coach
Head Coach
Oversee
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Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?
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Chance
Great
Safe
Take A Chance
Good Great Chance
Take
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I'm really impressed with Kolb there in Philadelphia. He's a very talented quarterback.
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Impressed
Philadelphia
Quarterback
Talented
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Two to three years down the road, other companies not on a model like Dell's will be in trouble.
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Dell
Down The Road
Companies
Model
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Of all the programs, I watch sporting events live and I watch 'Survivor' live. Everything else I TiVo.
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Survivor
Everything Else
Programs
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I can't confirm any rumors. I'm happy doing what I'm doing. I have no interest in going back to coaching.
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Coaching
Interest
Rumor
Confirm
No Interest
Rumors
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And the main thing was that I wanted to live in south Florida. That's why I left the Cowboys; to live in south Florida.
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Cowboy
Florida
South Florida
Wanted
Cowboys
Main
Main Thing
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You've got to make sure that every body's putting in the work and you've got to have the discipline to go out there and get the job done.
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Discipline
Putting
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Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best.
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Enough
Guidance
Decisions
Best Enough People
Encourage
Give
Best People Enough
Tell
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The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.
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Care
Ceo
People
Phony
Time People Who
Time People Care
Coach
Every Time
Spot
Time Care People
Pretends
The Only Thing
Worse
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Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.
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Born
Character
Good Leader
Leader
Made
Military
Good Character Your
Good Your People
Good Character People
Cause
Follow
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I don't want to lose the feeling I have for players, but the pro system almost causes you to be cold and insensitive, when you have to release players yearly.
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Causes
Cold
Insensitive
Release
Almost
Lose
Pro
System
Yearly
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Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be.
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Should
Will
Person
Become
He
Were
Could
Remain
Treat
Where
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When I went to the Dolphins, we retained most of their coaching staff, and of course, we had a few veteran players. So, I just tried to add a few pieces here and there.
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Add
Coaching
Coaching Staff
Dolphins
Staff
Veteran
Course
Tried
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I know as a coach and a player we had three a day practices and that was physically taxing but at least we had food in our stomach and a good nights rest and plenty of cold water.
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Cold
Plenty
Stomach
Physically
Nights
Coach
Practices
Taxing
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Just following 'Survivor' over the years, sometimes if an individual is not a threat and he doesn't rub anybody the wrong way and he can get into an alliance, he can hang out there for a while.
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Following
Individual
Survivor
Wrong Way
Alliance
Anybody
Wrong
Hang
Rub
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Football is such a team sport, so no one individual does it. No one coach or no one assistant coach or no one player, it's a great team sport, so I don't get carried away with a bunch of accolades.
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Accolades
Bunch
Football
Great Team
Individual
Player
Team
Assistant
Carried
Coach
Sport
Team Sport
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With 'Survivor' - I didn't get any sleep, there was no food, we had to boil our water... plus, it was physically taxing during the day. That's what made it more difficult than three-a-day practices.
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Difficult
Plus
Survivor
Water
Physically
Boil
Practices
Taxing
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I think the biggest thing was that when I was in college, I really concentrated on personnel. That was my strength, and I was, in essence, my own recruiting coordinator. And when I went to the pros, I did the same thing.
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Coordinator
Essence
Personnel
Biggest Thing
Concentrated
Pros
Recruiting
Same Thing
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The other thing was that when I was at the University of Miami, we ran a pro-style offense and defense. I started each year by going to a pro training camp, I visited with various pro coaches, and I did this for five years.
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Coaches
Defense
Miami
Offense
Ran
Training
University
Camp
Each Year
Pro
Visited
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A lot of coaches could ration out their time. They could delegate. They would make time for their family. But when I was coaching I would almost laugh at those guys. I knew we were working the extra hours to get an edge on them.
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Coaches
Hours
Almost
Delegate
Edge
Extra
Guys
Laugh
Ration
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I've heard all the coaches complaining about the new CBA rules limiting padded practice. I don't like the reduction to just 15 padded practices during the season. When I coached, we always practiced in pads; and three days a week.
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Complaining
Heard
Practice
Reduction
Three
Rules
Days
Coached
Limiting
Padded
Practices
Season
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Like I always say, it's not how many great plays you make; it's how few bad ones you make. I know fans, and even some losing coaches, are enamored with long pass completions or the great run plays, but that doesn't offset the interception or the fumble.
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Coaches
Enamored
Fans
Long
Losing
Great Always Long
Bad
Bad Ones
Run
Even
Say
Few
Offset
Pass
Plays
Some
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In fact, one of the conversations I had with Jason Garrett, you know, sometimes X's and O's get so complicated, and a coach gets so into that that he forgets the most important thing is players win ballgames. Make sure that the players are properly equipped and motivated to do their jobs.
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Complicated
Jason
Motivated
Coach
Conversations
Equipped
Forgets
Important Thing
In Fact
Most Important Thing
Properly
The Most Important
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But I was always a bit of a gypsy, anyway. I spent five years at Oklahoma State, five years at Miami and moved on after winning the national championship, and five years with the Cowboys. So, I was ready to move on. We won back-to-back Super Bowls, and I felt that I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish.
Jimmy Johnson / Football Player
Accomplish
Bowls
Championship
Cowboy
Gypsy
Miami
Moved
Moving
Oklahoma
Ready
Winning
Anyway
Cowboys
Won
Move On
National Championship
Super
Super Bowls
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There is a way to practice hard and be physical without pads. You can still be a physical football team and be efficient in practice without pads. The 49ers practiced like that for a long period of time in the 1980s under Bill Walsh and were extremely successful when all the other teams were practicing in pads.
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Efficient
Football Team
Pads
Practice
Time Football Long
Bill
Period
Extremely
Long Period
Teams
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I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team.
Jimmy Johnson / Football Player
Leadership
Sports
Coaching
Coaching Staff
Depends
Football
Football Team
Individual
Pressure
Professional Sports
Staff
Team
As Far As
Divert
Professional
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Elliott's bigger, stronger, maybe even a step faster than Emmitt Smith, but they're both very similar. I think, you know, Ezekiel Elliott is a more powerful runner. He runs over people. Both of 'em can make people miss, so you don't really get a big shot on 'em. But Elliott will take on tacklers, whereas, you know, Emmitt never did this.
Jimmy Johnson / Football Player
Faster
Powerful
Stronger
Step People Will
Miss
Shot
Big Shot
Maybe
Runner
Runs
Similar
Smith
Step
Whereas
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