Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
TOM LANDRYReally, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
TOM LANDRYIf you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
TOM LANDRYYou 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.
TOM LANDRYBeing the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
TOM LANDRYTake away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
TOM LANDRYIf you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
TOM LANDRYGenerally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
TOM LANDRYIf they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
TOM LANDRYToday, you have 100% of your life left.
TOM LANDRYIf you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
TOM LANDRYI try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
TOM LANDRYIf you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
TOM LANDRYI 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.
TOM LANDRYI know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
TOM LANDRYI knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
TOM LANDRYPeople striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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