Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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.
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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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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a Cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did.
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