I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
TOM LANDRYYou 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.
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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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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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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