If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
TOM LANDRYAchievement builds character.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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Achievement builds character.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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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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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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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