I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
TOM LANDRYI’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Confidence comes from knowing what you’re doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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