Confidence comes from knowing what you’re doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.
TOM LANDRYIf you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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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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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 wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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I probably should have gotten out, but I really enjoyed the challenge of bringing a team to that game. In fact, I probably enjoy the challenge of it more than the actual game.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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 knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
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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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You 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.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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