If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
TOM LANDRYAchievement builds character.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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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 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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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