When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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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Achievement builds character.
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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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