Confidence 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.
TOM LANDRYPeople striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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 don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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A winner never stops trying.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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People say you have to know when to retire, which is a dumb thing to say. If you want to go out on top, yeah, it becomes important when you quit. But I wasn’t afraid of that. And I wasn’t worried about getting fired.
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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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