I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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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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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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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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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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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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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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