If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
TOM LANDRYThere are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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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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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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A winner never stops trying.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they’re so absorbed with what they’re doing.
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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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