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.
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 wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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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 you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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Achievement builds character.
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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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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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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.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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