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.
TOM LANDRYToday, you have 100% of your life left.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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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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If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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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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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’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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