I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
TOM LANDRYI knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
TOM LANDRYAchievement builds character.
TOM LANDRYThe greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
TOM LANDRYFootball is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
TOM LANDRYConfidence comes from knowing what you’re doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.
TOM LANDRYReally, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
TOM LANDRYYou 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 LANDRYSetting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
TOM LANDRYWhen a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
TOM LANDRYLeadership 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.
TOM LANDRYI 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.
TOM LANDRYI’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
TOM LANDRYI’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
TOM LANDRYMy 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.
TOM LANDRYI 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 LANDRYTake away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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