The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
TOM LANDRYThe greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
TOM LANDRYLook 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.
TOM LANDRYI try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
TOM LANDRYToday, you have 100% of your life left.
TOM LANDRYLeadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
TOM LANDRYI know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
TOM LANDRYPeople 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.
TOM LANDRYGenerally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
TOM LANDRYI’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
TOM LANDRYWhen a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
TOM LANDRYIf you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
TOM LANDRYI learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.
TOM LANDRYAs a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
TOM LANDRYI’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
TOM LANDRYI 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.
TOM LANDRYMost of the time, I don’t see the great catch or the long run. What I’m looking at is how the other team defended it.
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