I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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More Tom Landry Quotes
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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Achievement builds character.
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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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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 I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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