I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
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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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 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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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 wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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