I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
TOM LANDRYTake away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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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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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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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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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they’re so absorbed with what they’re doing.
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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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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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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 at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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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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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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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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