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.
TOM LANDRYI try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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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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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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