If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
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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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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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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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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 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.
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