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.
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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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Achievement builds character.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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A winner never stops trying.
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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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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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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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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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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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