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" As a Christian, I know my life is in God's hands. He has a plan for me. Therefore, I never worry about tomorrow or never worry about winning or losing football games. That knowledge gives me a lot of composure in tough situations. "

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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. "

Tom Landry

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Early

" The greatest thing is to win your first Super Bowl. "

" Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can. "

" 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. "

Tom Landry

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" If you don't believe in winning, you don't believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life. "

" 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. "

" Being the best at whatever talent you have, that's what stimulates life. "

" I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat. "

" People striving, being knocked down and coming back... this is what builds character in a man. "

" I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out. "

Tom Landry

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" I just didn't want to leave the Cowboys when they were down. I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over. "

" Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. "

" A winner never stops trying. "

" If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job. "

" I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game. "

" 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. "

" If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you'll be ineffective. If you're disciplined enough, you don't get down when you're behind, and you have a chance to create something positive. "

" The secret to winning is constant, consistent management. "

" Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. "

" If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation. "

" Right after the game, say as little as possible. "

" If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect... what are the alternatives? "

" People will forget me pretty quick. "

Tom Landry

People

Forget

" Take away winning, and you take away everything that is strong about America. "

" I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God. "

" Today, you have 100% of your life left. "

" If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking. "

" I wouldn't think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys' blue. "

" 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. I knew the risk. To me, it's not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something. "

Tom Landry

Enjoy

People

" Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has. "