Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
TOM LANDRYI knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
More Tom Landry Quotes
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People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.
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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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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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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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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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If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
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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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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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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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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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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’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down.
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