If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
TOM LANDRYIf you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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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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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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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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