I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
TOM LANDRYThe greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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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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I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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Leadership 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.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Achievement builds character.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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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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A winner never stops trying.
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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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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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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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’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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Confidence 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.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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