I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
TOM LANDRYI’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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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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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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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 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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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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