If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
TOM LANDRYIf you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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Most 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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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