If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
TOM LANDRYThe secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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My hats did give me an identity. In fact, if I had a dollar for every time someone has seen me bareheaded and said, ‘I almost didn’t recognize you without a hat on’, I could have bought the Cowboys myself.
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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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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’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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