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 LANDRYIf you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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Confidence comes from knowing what you’re doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.
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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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