I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
TOM LANDRYI’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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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 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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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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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You 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.
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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 know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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Achievement builds character.
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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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