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.
TOM LANDRYFootball is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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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 try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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 are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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