I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
TOM LANDRYLeadership 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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A winner never stops trying.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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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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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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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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 try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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