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.
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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Therefore, I never worry about tomorrow or never worry about winning or losing football games. That knowledge gives me a lot of composure in tough situations.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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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’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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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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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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