I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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 don’t win a Super Bowl, you’re not considered successful in the National Football League. I can remember, when we finally won that first one, feeling so good for the players and fans.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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 knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
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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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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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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