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.
TOM LANDRYRight after the game, say as little as possible.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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 show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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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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A winner never stops trying.
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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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