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 LANDRYLook 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 LANDRYTake away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
TOM LANDRYIf I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
TOM LANDRYPeople 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.
TOM LANDRYI 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.
TOM LANDRYFootball is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
TOM LANDRYIf they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
TOM LANDRYI at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
TOM LANDRYRight after the game, say as little as possible.
TOM LANDRYA winner never stops trying.
TOM LANDRYIf you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
TOM LANDRYWhen you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
TOM LANDRYThe secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
TOM LANDRYIf you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
TOM LANDRYLeadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
TOM LANDRYMy 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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