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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. "

Tom Landry

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" People will forget me pretty quick. "

Tom Landry

People

Forget

" Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they're so absorbed with what they're doing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death. If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I'm not that way, and it keeps me steady. "

Tom Landry

Winning

Lose

" 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. "

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

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

" When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

Tom Landry

Big

Play

" Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve. "

" Achievement builds character. "

" When a big play occurs for our team, I'm concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it. 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" Confidence comes from knowing what you're doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face. "

" 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. "

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

" I've come to the conclusion that players want to be treated alike. "

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