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.
TOM LANDRYReally, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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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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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 I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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.
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