Achievement builds character.
TOM LANDRY
Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Achievement builds character.
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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 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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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.
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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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of 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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A winner never stops trying.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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