Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
TOM LANDRYIf you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Achievement builds character.
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If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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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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.
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Confidence comes from knowing what you’re doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.
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Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a Cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did.
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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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