Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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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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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 know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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 don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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