Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
TOM LANDRYYou 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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Therefore, I never worry about tomorrow or never worry about winning or losing football games. That knowledge gives me a lot of composure in tough situations.
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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If 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.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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