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.
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 at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.
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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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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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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