When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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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If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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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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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Achievement builds character.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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If you don’t win a Super Bowl, you’re not considered successful in the National Football League. I can remember, when we finally won that first one, feeling so good for the players and fans.
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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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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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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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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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