If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
TOM LANDRYI’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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If you don’t win a Super Bowl, you’re not considered successful in the National Football League. I can remember, when we finally won that first one, feeling so good for the players and fans.
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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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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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