If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
TOM LANDRYTake away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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A winner never stops trying.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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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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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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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 are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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