I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
TOM LANDRYI at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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You don’t have to drink or swear or hit people in the face when they’re not looking, but you do have to be tough to win.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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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 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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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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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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