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.
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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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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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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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A winner never stops trying.
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People say you have to know when to retire, which is a dumb thing to say. If you want to go out on top, yeah, it becomes important when you quit. But I wasn’t afraid of that. And I wasn’t worried about getting fired.
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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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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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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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If you don’t win a Super Bowl, you’re not considered successful in the National Football League. I can remember, when we finally won that first one, feeling so good for the players and fans.
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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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