If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
TOM LANDRYI just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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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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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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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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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When a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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If you don’t win a Super Bowl, you’re not considered successful in the National Football League. I can remember, when we finally won that first one, feeling so good for the players and fans.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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