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.
TOM LANDRYBeing the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life.
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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I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
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I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue.
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The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl.
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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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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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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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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 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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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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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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Right after the game, say as little as possible.
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People will forget me pretty quick.
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