If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
TOM LANDRYI’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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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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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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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 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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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