I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
TOM LANDRYIf you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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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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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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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 at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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.
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