Achievement builds character.
TOM LANDRYReally, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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