People will forget me pretty quick.
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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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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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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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Therefore, I never worry about tomorrow or never worry about winning or losing football games. That knowledge gives me a lot of composure in tough situations.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
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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.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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