I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
TOM LANDRYIf you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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Achievement builds character.
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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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Most of the time, I don’t see the great catch or the long run. What I’m looking at is how the other team defended it.
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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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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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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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