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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.

Tom Landry

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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Bowl Consider Feel Football League Me National Play Player Remember Successful Super Win
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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Ability Character Hope Man Person Positive See Thing
If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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Alternative Country Effect Eliminate Ife Way
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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Bareheader Brought Cowboy Dollar Every Hat Identity Recognize Seen Someone Time
I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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Cowboy Down Just Leave Want When
When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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Game Learn Lose Teach Want When Win You
I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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Anyone Before Else Least Over Position Resectable Took Want
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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Bring Challenge Enjoy Game Gotten Probably Really Team
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.
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Choose Football Game Knowledge never Situation Tomorrow Tough Win Worry
People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Being Build Character Come Back Down Knock Man People Strive
I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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Again Being Blue Coach Cowboy Hard Think World
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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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Big Concentrating Defence Occur Play React Team When
I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Come Construct Defeat Every Learn Something
If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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Been Diminish Keep Lose Somehow Steady Way
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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Behind Chance Create Discipline Down Enough Ineffective Positive Something

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