Tom Landry's Quotes

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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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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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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