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.
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’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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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 show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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 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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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