People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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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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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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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 will forget me pretty quick.
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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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