I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a Cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did.
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