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.
TOM LANDRYIf you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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