I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
TOM LANDRYMost 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I probably should have gotten out, but I really enjoyed the challenge of bringing a team to that game. In fact, I probably enjoy the challenge of it more than the actual game.
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People say you have to know when to retire, which is a dumb thing to say. If you want to go out on top, yeah, it becomes important when you quit. But I wasn’t afraid of that. And I wasn’t worried about getting fired.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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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.
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I learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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A winner never stops trying.
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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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