If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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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’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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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Achievement builds character.
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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 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 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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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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