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.
TOM LANDRYIf 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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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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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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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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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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