A winner never stops trying.
TOM LANDRYPeople striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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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’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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 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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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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 try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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