If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
TOM LANDRYIf you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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