There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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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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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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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Most of the time, I don’t see the great catch or the long run. What I’m looking at is how the other team defended it.
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Achievement builds character.
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I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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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.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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