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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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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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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.
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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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