Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
TOM LANDRYCharacter is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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.
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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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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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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