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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More Tom Landry Quotes
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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A winner never stops trying.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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