I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
TOM LANDRYLook 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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A winner never stops trying.
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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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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