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.
TOM LANDRYTake away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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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Achievement builds character.
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A winner never stops trying.
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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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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 were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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Most of the time, I don’t see the great catch or the long run. What I’m looking at is how the other team defended it.
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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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