If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
TOM LANDRYI know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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A winner never stops trying.
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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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