If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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A winner never stops trying.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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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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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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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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