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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If 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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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a Cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did.
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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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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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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 at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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