If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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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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 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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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’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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Achievement builds character.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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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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