If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
TOM LANDRYTherefore, 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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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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A winner never stops trying.
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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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