There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
TOM LANDRYWhen a big play occurs for our team, I’m concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it.
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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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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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 they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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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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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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Achievement builds character.
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You don’t have to drink or swear or hit people in the face when they’re not looking, but you do have to be tough to win.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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