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.
TOM LANDRYRight after the game, say as little as possible.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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 show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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