Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
TOM LANDRYI at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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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My hats did give me an identity. In fact, if I had a dollar for every time someone has seen me bareheaded and said, ‘I almost didn’t recognize you without a hat on’, I could have bought the Cowboys myself.
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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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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 just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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