I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
TOM LANDRYFootball is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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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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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 don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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Therefore, I never worry about tomorrow or never worry about winning or losing football games. That knowledge gives me a lot of composure in tough situations.
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