The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
TOM LANDRYCharacter is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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 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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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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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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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 at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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