Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
TOM LANDRYTake away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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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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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Achievement builds character.
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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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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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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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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives?
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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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