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