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.
TOM LANDRYAs a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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Achievement builds character.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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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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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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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 a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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I 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.
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