Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
TOM LANDRYI 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.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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Achievement builds character.
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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 know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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My hats did give me an identity. In fact, if I had a dollar for every time someone has seen me bareheaded and said, ‘I almost didn’t recognize you without a hat on’, I could have bought the Cowboys myself.
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Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
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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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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 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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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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Therefore, I never worry about tomorrow or never worry about winning or losing football games. That knowledge gives me a lot of composure in tough situations.
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