If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
TOM LANDRYIf you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
TOM LANDRYI just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
TOM LANDRYI wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
TOM LANDRYConfidence 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.
TOM LANDRYI’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
TOM LANDRYI 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.
TOM LANDRYI knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
TOM LANDRYCharacter is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
TOM LANDRYMy 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.
TOM LANDRYIf you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
TOM LANDRYI at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
TOM LANDRYYou 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.
TOM LANDRYSetting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
TOM LANDRYPeople will forget me pretty quick.
TOM LANDRYIf they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
TOM LANDRYAchievement builds character.
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