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.
TOM LANDRYA winner never stops trying.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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 at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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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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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A winner never stops trying.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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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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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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