Tom Landry Quotes

Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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Being Life Matter Stimulate Talent Whatever
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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Archive Coach Ego Enjoy Help Knew People Risk Something Thing
When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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Big Concentrating Defence Occur Play React Team When
Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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Away Country Everything Strong Take Win
I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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Again Being Blue Coach Cowboy Hard Think World
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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Best Early Effective Learn Play Player Sports
I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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Cowboy Down Just Leave Want When
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 Control Gain Have Leadership Look Matter People React Set You
A winner never stops trying.
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never Stop Try Winner
If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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Confident Job Prepare Will Wul
The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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Consistent Constant Ein Management Secret
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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Concentrate Look People Person Really
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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Ability Character Hope Man Person Positive See Thing
If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
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Behind Chance Create Discipline Down Enough Ineffective Positive Something
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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Coach Cowboy Do Every Influence Own Play Spend Style What Whole
If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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Coach Football Greatest Innovation Pick Say Strength
People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Being Build Character Come Back Down Knock Man People Strive
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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Choose Football Game Knowledge never Situation Tomorrow Tough Win Worry
Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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Have Hundred Left Life Today
Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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Better Coach Get Player Really Simplicity Think
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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Football Game Incredible Sometimes Unbelievable
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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Come Confidence Do Face Flat Know Prepare Something Usually
If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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Been Diminish Keep Lose Somehow Steady Way
I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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Alike Come Conclusion Player Treat Want
You don’t have to drink or swear or hit people in the face when they’re not looking, but you do have to be tough to win.
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Drink Face Have Hit Look People Swear Tough Win
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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Achieve Decide Goal How Main Pan Set Stay Thing Will
If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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Alternative Country Effect Eliminate Ife Way

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