Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
TOM LANDRYI 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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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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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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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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