As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
TOM LANDRYFootball is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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 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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Confidence 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.
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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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A winner never stops trying.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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