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.
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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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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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If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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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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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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I probably should have gotten out, but I really enjoyed the challenge of bringing a team to that game. In fact, I probably enjoy the challenge of it more than the actual game.
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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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If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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Achievement builds character.
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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 don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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