If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
TOM LANDRYThere are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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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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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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A winner never stops trying.
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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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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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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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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