If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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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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I learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.
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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 know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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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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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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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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