I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
TOM LANDRYSetting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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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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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My hats did give me an identity. In fact, if I had a dollar for every time someone has seen me bareheaded and said, ‘I almost didn’t recognize you without a hat on’, I could have bought the Cowboys myself.
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Achievement builds character.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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If 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.
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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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