I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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