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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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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Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
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There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death.
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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 show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike.
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Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.
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I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
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Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can.
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Most of the time, I don’t see the great catch or the long run. What I’m looking at is how the other team defended it.
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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 knew the risk. To me, it’s not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.
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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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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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Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in.
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