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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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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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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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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A winner never stops trying.
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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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