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.
TOM LANDRYThe secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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 I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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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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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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Achievement builds character.
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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 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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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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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