If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
TOM LANDRYPeople 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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A winner never stops trying.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.
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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 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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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 wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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