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.
TOM LANDRYI 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.
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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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 at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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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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