I 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 LANDRYWhen you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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My 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.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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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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