Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
TOM LANDRYIf you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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I 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.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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Achievement builds character.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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A winner never stops trying.
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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 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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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