If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
TOM LANDRYI’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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A winner never stops trying.
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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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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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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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