I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
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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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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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Achievement builds character.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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