When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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