I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
TOM LANDRYIf you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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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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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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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’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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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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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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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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