You don’t have to drink or swear or hit people in the face when they’re not looking, but you do have to be tough to win.
TOM LANDRYWhen you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they’re so absorbed with what they’re doing.
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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.
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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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Therefore, I never worry about tomorrow or never worry about winning or losing football games. That knowledge gives me a lot of composure in tough situations.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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