If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
TOM LANDRYBeing the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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Achievement builds character.
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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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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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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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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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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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