I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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 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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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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 you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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