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.
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’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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 probably should have gotten out, but I really enjoyed the challenge of bringing a team to that game. In fact, I probably enjoy the challenge of it more than the actual game.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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 they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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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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I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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