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.
TOM LANDRYThe secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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Therefore, I never worry about tomorrow or never worry about winning or losing football games. That knowledge gives me a lot of composure in tough situations.
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Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.
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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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.
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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