If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
TOM LANDRYI 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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