Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
TOM LANDRYIf you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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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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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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I learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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