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.
TOM LANDRYIf you don’t win a Super Bowl, you’re not considered successful in the National Football League. I can remember, when we finally won that first one, feeling so good for the players and fans.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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Achievement builds character.
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A winner never stops trying.
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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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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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Confidence comes from knowing what you’re doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.
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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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Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
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