I knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
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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I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.
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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 I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
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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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The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.
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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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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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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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Today, you have 100% of your life left.
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I learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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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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People will forget me pretty quick.
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Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America.
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