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.
TOM LANDRYIf you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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