I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
TOM LANDRYThe greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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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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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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A winner never stops trying.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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