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.
TOM LANDRYI try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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 wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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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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You don’t have to drink or swear or hit people in the face when they’re not looking, but you do have to be tough to win.
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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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