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.
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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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Achievement builds character.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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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 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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