I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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