If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
TOM LANDRYLeadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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