Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
TOM LANDRYFootball is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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 LANDRYMost 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.
TOM LANDRYLook 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.
TOM LANDRYIf you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
TOM LANDRYIf 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.
TOM LANDRYPeople 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.
TOM LANDRYI’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
TOM LANDRYI wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
TOM LANDRYThere are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
TOM LANDRYReally, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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 LANDRYTake away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
TOM LANDRYIf they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
TOM LANDRYIf you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
TOM LANDRYI at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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