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.
TOM LANDRYGenerally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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A winner never stops trying.
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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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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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 eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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