If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
TOM LANDRYConfidence 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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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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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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