The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
TOM LANDRYLeadership 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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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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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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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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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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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 at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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A winner never stops trying.
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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 know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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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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