Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
TOM LANDRYFootball is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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 learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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 wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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