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.
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 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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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A winner never stops trying.
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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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 try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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