If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
TOM LANDRYMy 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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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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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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