If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
TOM LANDRYWhen a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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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 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.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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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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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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 don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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