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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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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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 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 a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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Most 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.
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Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.
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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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