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.
TOM LANDRYIf they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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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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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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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they’re so absorbed with what they’re doing.
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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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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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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