Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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 try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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Achievement builds character.
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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 were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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 know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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