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.
TOM LANDRYConfidence 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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 just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
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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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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 learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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 show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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