If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
TOM LANDRYI’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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A winner never stops trying.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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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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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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